Light-dependent gene activation in Aspergillus nidulans is strictly dependent on phytochrome and involves the interplay of phytochrome and white collar-regulated histone H3 acetylation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 733-745

  Hedtke, Maren ^a   Rauscher, Stefan ^a   Röhrig, Julian ^a   Rodríguez Romero, Julio ^b   Yu, Zhenzhong ^a   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ETSI MontesTechnical University of Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE H3; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN GCNE; PROTEIN HDAA; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN LREA; PROTEIN VEA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTONE; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BLUE LIGHT; CCGA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FPHA GENE; FUNGAL GENE; GCNE GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HDAA GENE; HISTONE ACETYLATION; ILLUMINATION; LREA GENE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; RED LIGHT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VEA GENE; ACETYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; RADIATION RESPONSE;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

ACETYLATION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONES; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PHYTOCHROME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84939257841     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13062     Document Type: Article

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