The orlA gene from Aspergillus nidulans encodes a trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase necessary for normal growth and chitin synthesis at elevated temperatures

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1287-1296

  Borgia, Peter T ^a   Miao, Yihong ^a   Dodge, Carol L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUGAR PHOSPHATES; TEMPERATURE; TREHALOSE;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029943323     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02647.x     Document Type: Article

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