The molecular mechanisms of conidial germination

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-160

  Osherov, Nir ^a   May, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungus; Signal transduction; Spore germination

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN DISULFIDE REDUCTASE (GLUTATHIONE); PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN); RAS PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ADHESION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGUS SPORE; LIFE CYCLE; MYCOSIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPORE GERMINATION;

CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; RAS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 0035972817     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00178-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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