Repression of chsB expression reveals the functional importance of class IV chitin synthase gene chsD in hyphal growth and conidiation of Aspergillus nidulans

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1335-1347

  Ichinomiya, Masayuki ^a   Motoyama, Takayuki ^a   Fujiwara, Makoto ^a   Takagi, Masamichi ^a   Horiuchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohta, Akinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Conidiation; Filamentous fungi

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ALCA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

EID: 0036263762     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-5-1335     Document Type: Article

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