Analysis of fluG mutations that affect light-dependent conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1777-1786

  Yager, Lawrence N ^a   Lee, Hyung Ok ^a   Nagle, Deborah L ^a,b   Zimmerman, John E ^a,c  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; LIGHT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0031879478     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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