Fluffy transcription factor explained

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