Conidiation induction in Penicillium

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 539-546

  Roncal, Tomás ^a   Ugalde, Unai ^a  

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

Author keywords

Autoregulatory molecules; Conidiation induction; Environmental stimuli; Penicillium; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CONIDIUM; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0141532920     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00168-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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