A phosphorylation code of the Aspergillus nidulans global regulator VelvetA (VeA) determines specific functions

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 909-924

  Rauscher, Stefan ^a   Pacher, Sylvia ^a   Hedtke, Maren ^a   Kniemeyer, Olaf ^b   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FPHA PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; SERINE; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; THREONINE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; VEA PROTEIN; VELB PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VEA GENE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL NUCLEUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; LIGHT; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYTOCHROME; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84951127504     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13275     Document Type: Article

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