A sensing role of the glutamine synthetase in the, nitrogen regulation network in Fusarium fujikuroi

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Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Wagner, Dominik ^a   Wiemann, Philipp ^a,c   Huß, Kathleen ^a   Brandt, Ulrike ^b   Fleißner, André ^b   Tudzynski, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84894040360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080740     Document Type: Article

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