bZIP transcription factors affecting secondary metabolism, sexual development and stress responses in Aspergillus nidulans

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-88

  Yin, Wen Bing ^a   Reinke, Aaron W ^b   Szilágyi, Melinda ^c   Emri, Tamás ^c   Chiang, Yi Ming ^d   Keating, Amy E ^b   Pócsi, István ^c   Wang, Clay C C ^d   Keller, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HETERODIMER; HOMODIMER; PROTEIN NAPA; PROTEIN ZIPA; PROTEIN ZIPB; PROTEIN ZIPC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DNA BINDING MOTIF; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STRESS;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUTATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 84871705021     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.063370-0     Document Type: Article

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