Identification and linkage mapping of the phsA gene of Aspergillus nidulans, where mutation affects growth and pigmentation of colonies in a temperature- and pH-dependent way

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-106

  Cuadros, Sara C ^a   Martinez Rossi, Nilce M ^a   Rossi, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Melanin like pigment; pH sensitivity

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; MELANIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SORBITOL;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PH; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MELANINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033044422     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00587-4     Document Type: Article

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