A cyclin-dependent kinase family member (PHOA) is required to link developmental fate to environmental conditions in Aspergillus nidulans

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3990-4003

  Bussink, Henk Jan ^a,b   Osmani, Stephen A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Cyclin dependent kinase (CDK); Development; Pho85; PHOA

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORUS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0032528065     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.14.3990     Document Type: Article

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