Fluffy transcription factor

The fluffy (fl) gene of Neurospora crassa is required for asexual sporulation and encodes an 88 kDa polypeptide containing a typical fungal Zn2Cys6 DNA-binding motif.

References

Rerngsamran P, Murphy MB, Doyle SA, Ebbole DJ (April 2005). "Fluffy, the major regulator of conidiation in Neurospora crassa, directly activates a developmentally regulated hydrophobin gene". Mol. Microbiol. 56 (1): 282–97. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04544.x. PMID 15773996.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, January 18, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.