Morphology-associated expression of NADP-dependent glutamate dehydrogenases during yeast-mycelium transition of a dimorphic fungus Benjaminiella poitrasii

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-334

  Amin, Aradhana ^a   Joshi, Mangesh ^a   Deshpande, Mukund V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Benjaminiella poitrasii; Dimorphic transition; Monomorphic mutant; NAD NADP glutamate dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BENJAMINIELLA POITRASII; CELL STRUCTURE; COENZYME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS MUTANT; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; ZYGOMYCETES;

ENZYME STABILITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP+); HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUCORALES; MYCELIUM; NAD; NADP; PHOSPHORYLATION; TEMPERATURE;

BENJAMINIELLA POITRASII; FUNGI;

EID: 1842638310     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ANTO.0000020384.26238.48     Document Type: Article

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