Evidence for sltA1 as a salt-sensitive allele of the arginase gene (agaA) in the ascomycete Aspergillus nidulans

Current Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 462-467

  Clement, D J ^a   Stanley, M S ^a   Attwell, N A ^a   Clipson, N J W ^a   Fincham, D A ^a   Hooley, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. nidulans; Arginase; Salt sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

ARGINASE; ARGININE; CHLORIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEIOSIS; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTOPLAST;

ALLELES; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHLORIDES; CROSSES, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MEIOSIS; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTOPLASTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030118572     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02221515     Document Type: Article

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