The induction of sporulation in the aquatic fungus Blastocladiella emersonii is dependent on extracellular calcium

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 353-359

  Coutinho, Elisabete C ^a   Corrêa, Luiz Carlos ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blastocladiella emersonii; Calcium; Calmodulin; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALMODULIN INHIBITOR; CHLORPROMAZINE; EGTAZIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; NIFEDIPINE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCLADIELLA; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; SPOROGENESIS;

BLASTOCLADIELLA EMERSONII; FUNGI;

EID: 0032847246     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00434-6     Document Type: Article

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