Distinct signaling pathways from the circadian clock participate in regulation of rhythmic conidiospore development in Neurospora crassa

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 273-280

  Correa, Alejandro ^a   Bell Pedersen, Deborah ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MYXOGASTRIA; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AEROBIOSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0036547743     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.2.273-280.2002     Document Type: Article

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