A novel cryptochrome-dependent oscillator in Neurospora crassa

Genetics

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 233-245

  Nsa, Imade Y ^a   Karunarathna, Nirmala ^a   Liu, Xiao Guang ^a   Huang, Howard ^a   Boetteger, Brittni ^a   Bell Pedersen, Deborah ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENOTYPE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYPTOCHROMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84920901737     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.114.169441     Document Type: Article

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