The GATA factors AREA and AREB together with the co-repressor NMRA, negatively regulate arginine catabolism in Aspergillus nidulans in response to nitrogen and carbon source

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-198

  Macios, Maria ^a   Caddick, Mark X ^c   Weglenski, Piotr ^a,b   Scazzocchio, Claudio ^d,e   Dzikowska, Agnieszka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AREA; AREB; Arginase; Arginine catabolism; Nitrogen metabolite repression; NMRA; Ornithine aminotransferase

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBON; NITROGEN; PROTEIN AREA; PROTEIN AREB; PROTEIN NMRA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAA GENE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OTAA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARGININE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBON; DOWN-REGULATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; NITROGEN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84858001773     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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