Diverse regulation of the CreA carbon catabolite repressor in aspergillus nidulans

Genetics

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 335-352

  Ries, Laure N A ^a   Beattie, Sarah R ^b   Espeso, Eduardo A ^c   Cramer, Robert A ^b   Goldman, Gustavo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Carbon catabolite repression; Cellulases; Protein domains; Ubiquitination

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CREC PROTEIN; LIPID; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CREA PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBON METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPRESSION; HYPOCREA JECORINA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPRESSOR GENE; UBIQUITINATION; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; PROTEIN DOMAINS; PROTEIN STABILITY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84979934580     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.187872     Document Type: Article

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