title: Cloning and sequence analysis of a putative transcription factor (MTF1) gene from Mucor circinelloides.
abstract: We describe here the fortuitous cloning of a putative transcription factor gene (MTF1) from the dimorphic fungus Mucor circinelloides. Sequence analysis of MTF1 revealed an open reading frame (ORF) of 1059 nucleotides encoding a protein of M(r) 39601. The deduced amino acid sequence from the ORF imparts two glutamine-rich stretches which are homologous to a number of transcription factors characterized previously from various organisms. A Southern blot analysis of Mucor genomic DNA digested with different restriction endonucleases and probed with the 1.9 kb EcoR1 fragment of the putative transcription factor gene shows a single copy number of the the gene. Northern analysis during morphogenetic changes in Mucor suggested constitutive expression of the gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mukhtar
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Käufer
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Logan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009089:Mucor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; C071720:MTF1 protein, S cerevisiae; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors