A circadian oscillator in Aspergillus spp. regulates daily development and gene expression

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-237

  Greene, Andrew V ^a   Keller, Nancy ^a,b   Haas, Hubertus ^c   Bell Pedersen, Deborah ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP+); PHOTIC STIMULATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0037721314     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.2.2.231-237.2003     Document Type: Article

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