A novel 'two-component' protein containing histidine kinase and response regulator domains required for sporulation in Aspergillus nidulans

Current Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 364-372

  Appleyard, M Virginia C L ^a,c   McPheat, William L ^b   Stark, Michael J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; tcsA gene; Two component system

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0034041677     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940000123     Document Type: Article

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