Neutral trehalases catalyse intracellular trehalose breakdown in the filamentous fungi Aspergillus nidulans and Neurospora crassa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 471-483

  D'Enfert, Christophe ^a   Bonini, Beatriz M ^b   Zapella, Pio D A ^b   Fontalne, Thierry ^a   Da Silva, Aline M ^b   Terenzi, Héctor F ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLYCEROL; TREHALASE; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CALCIUM; CARBON; CYCLIC AMP; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL; TREHALASE; TREHALOSE;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0032928261     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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