A mitogen-activated protein kinase (MPKA) is involved in polarized growth in the filamentous fungus, Aspergillus nidulans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-125

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

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; DNA non homologous end joining; Fungal transformation; Mitogen activated protein kinase kinase; Polarized growth; SLT2 MPK1

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPORE GERMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0033042979     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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