Regulation of the NADP-glutamate dehydrogenase gene gdhA in Aspergillus nidulans by the Zn(II)2Cys6 transcription factor LeuB

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue PART 12, 2013, Pages 2467-2480

  Downes, Damien J ^a,b   Davis, Meryl A ^b   Kreutzberger, Sara D ^b,c   Taig, Brendan L ^b   Todd, Richard B ^a,b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Rand Farm Supplies   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ISOPROPYLMALATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); LEUCINE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP+); LEUCINE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84888856908     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.071514-0     Document Type: Article

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