Expression and functional characterisation of TNC, a high-affinity nickel transporter from Neurospora crassa

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1020-1026

  Tiwari, Anand ^a   Korripally, Premsagar ^b   Adhikarla, Haritha ^a   Patnala, Kiranmayi ^c   Pamarthi, Maruthi Mohan ^a   Bhanoori, Manjula ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GITAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Life cycle; Metal transporters; Neurospora crassa; NiCoT family; TNC

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; COBALT; NICKEL TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN TNC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TNC GENE; WILD TYPE;

CELL MEMBRANE; COBALT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NICKEL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UREASE;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 80053255911     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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