Light-inducible system for tunable protein expression in neurospora crassa

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1207-1212

  Hurley, Jennifer M ^a   Chen, Chen Hui ^a   Loros, Jennifer J ^a   Dunlap, Jay C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VVD PROTEIN, NEUROSPORA CRASSA; WC 1 PROTEIN, NEUROSPORA CRASSA; WC-1 PROTEIN, NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROMOTER REGION;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; LIGHT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84883190708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.003939     Document Type: Article

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