Asexual sporulation in Aspergillus nidulans

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-54

  Adams, Thomas H ^a   Wieser, Jenny K ^a   Yu, Jae Hyuk ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL GROWTH; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0031909998     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.62.1.35-54.1998     Document Type: Review

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