Open AccessBlue light induction of conidiation-specific genes inNeurospora crassa
Author(s) -
Frank-Roman Lauter,
Vincenzo Russo
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
nucleic acids research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 9.008
H-Index - 537
eISSN - 1362-4954
pISSN - 0305-1048
DOI - 10.1093/nar/19.24.6883
Subject(s) - conidiation , neurospora crassa , biology , gene , mutant , neurospora , blue light , crassa , transcription (linguistics) , genetics , linguistics , philosophy , physics , optics
The con genes of Neurospora crassa are preferentially expressed during a developmental process known as conidiation. We present evidence indicating that transcription of con-5 and con-10 is also stimulated by blue light. Transcription of these genes was not photoinducible in wc-1 and wc-2 mutant strains. The response of con-5 and con-10 to blue light was similar to that of al-1 and al-2, genes involved in carotenoid biosynthesis, and bli-3 and bli-4, blue light inducible genes.