Protein kinase A is involved in the control of morphology and branching during aerobic growth of Mucor circinelloides

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-150

  Lübbehüsen, Tina ^a   González Polo, Virginia ^b   Rossi, Silvia ^b   Nielsen, Jens ^a   Moreno, Silvia ^b   McIntyre, Mhairi ^a   Arnau, José ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Biotechnological Institute Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLUCOSE; HOLOENZYME; KEMPTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SUCROSE;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ASSAY; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VECTOR CONTROL;

FUNGI; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; TRIXIS;

EID: 1642514533     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26708-0     Document Type: Article

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