catA, a new Aspergillus nidulans gene encoding a developmentally regulated catalase

Current Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 352-359

  Navarro, Rosa E ^a   Stringer, Mary A ^b   Hansberg, Wilhelm ^a   Timberlake, William E ^c   Aguirre, Jesús ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^b NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

^c Myco Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Catalase; Development; Gene regulation; Oxidative stress; Spore resistance; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029869234     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050056     Document Type: Article

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