Two Δ9-stearic acid desaturases are required for Aspergillus nidulans growth and development

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 501-509

  Wilson, Richard A ^a   Chang, Perng Kuang ^b   Dobrzyn, Agnieszka ^a   Ntambi, James M ^a   Zarnowski, Robert ^a   Keller, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

9 Stearic acid desaturase; Aspergillus nidulans; Fatty acid biosynthesis; Fungal development; Stearic acid

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; STEARIC ACID; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; STEARIC ACID DESATURASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; FATTY ACID; FUNGAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESSENTIAL GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SPORES, FUNGAL; STEARIC ACIDS; STEAROYL-COA DESATURASE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1842474356     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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