Interaction between developmental and cell cycle regulators is required for morphogenesis in Aspergillus nidulans

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 6994-7001

  Ye, Xiang S ^a,b   Lee, Sheau Ling ^a   Wolkow, Tom D ^c   McGuire, Sarah Lee ^d   Hamer, John E ^c   Craig Wood, G ^e   Osmani, Stephen A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MILLSAPS COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Pennsylvania Stt Geisinger Hlth S   (United States)

Author keywords

brlA; Cell cycle; Development; nimA; nimX(cdc2)

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0033573103     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.24.6994     Document Type: Article

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