[Effect of the cyclic nucleotide level on the degree of carotenoid pigment formation in the mycelial cells of Neurospora crassa].

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[Effect of the cyclic nucleotide level on the degree of carotenoid pigment formation in the mycelial cells of Neurospora crassa].

Prikladnaia biokhimiia i mikrobiologiia - 1 Jan 2000

Sokolovskiĭ V Iu, Kritskiĭ M S, Belozerskaia T A, Chernysheva E K

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The relation between the content of cyclic nucleotides and the rate of formation of carotenoid pigments in the Neurospora crassa mycelium cells was investigated. Light derepression of the carotenoid synthesis during the photoinduction lag-period induced a transient decrease of the cAMP content. T...

Topics

Carotenoids
Cyclic AMP
Cyclic GMP
Darkness
Light
Mutation
Neurospora
Neurospora crassa

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