hymA (hypha-like metulae), a new developmental mutant of Aspergillus nidulans

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3211-3218

  Karos, Marvin ^a   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asexual development; Aspergillus nidulans; Budding; Filamentous fungi; Insertional mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; METULA;

EID: 0029952847     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-11-3211     Document Type: Article

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