The FluG-BrlA pathway contributes to the initialisation of autolysis in submerged Aspergillus nidulans cultures

Mycological Research

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 757-763

  Emri, Tamás ^a   Molnár, Zsolt ^a   Pusztahelyi, Tünde ^a   Varecza, Zoltán ^a   Pócsi, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; LYSIS;

EMERICELLA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 23744432458     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756205003023     Document Type: Article

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