Biology:Fluffy transcription factor

Short description: Gene of Neurospora crassa required for asexual sporulation

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

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