Calcium measurements in living filamentous fungi expressing codon-optimized aequorin

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1437-1450

  Nelson, G ^a   Kozlova Zwinderman, O ^a   Collis, A J ^a   Knight, M R ^b   Fincham, J R S ^a   Stanger, C P ^c   Renwick, A ^c   Hessing, J G M ^d   Punt, P J ^d   Van Den Hondel, C A M J J ^d   Read, N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; CATION; CHELATING AGENT; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; 1,2-BIS(2-AMINOPHENOXY)ETHANE-N,N,N',N'-TETRAACETIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EGTAZIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; IONOPHORE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CODON; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; MEASUREMENT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ASPERGILLUS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

AEQUORIN; ASPERGILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHELATING AGENTS; CODON; EGTAZIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INDOLES; IONOPHORES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 2942568476     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04066.x     Document Type: Article

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