Conidiation in Penicillium cyclopium is induced by conidiogenone, an endogenous diterpene

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 823-829

  Roncal, Tomás ^a   Cordobés, Shandra ^a   Sterner, Olov ^b   Ugalde, Unai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CYCLOPIUM;

CALCIUM; DITERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCELIUM; PENICILLIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CALCIUM; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DITERPENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCELIUM; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0036778398     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.5.823-829.2002     Document Type: Article

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