Pseudo-constitutivity of nitrate-responsive genes in nitrate reductase mutants

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-41

  Schinko, Thorsten ^a   Gallmetzer, Andreas ^a,c   Amillis, Sotiris ^a,d   Strauss, Joseph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Laimburg Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gene expression; NirA, AreA; Nitrate cluster; Nitrate reductase; Nitrate transporter; Nitric oxide; Pseudo constitutive

Indexed keywords

FLAVOHEMOGLOBIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN DERIVATIVE; NIRA PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTACE; NITRATE TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NRTA GENE; NRTB GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CO-REPRESSOR PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MUTATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; NITRITES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84877052783     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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