The appearances of autolytic and apoptotic markers are concomitant but differently regulated in carbon-starving Aspergillus nidulans cultures

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 297-303

  Emri, Tamás ^a   Molnár, Zsolt ^a   Pócsi, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Aspergillus nidulans; Autolysis; brlA; fluG

Indexed keywords

ANNEXIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROLASE; SPHINGOSINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOMASS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE FUNCTION; MYCELIUM; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST CULTURE; STARVATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; AUTOLYSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 25644457684     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.08.015     Document Type: Article

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