Regulators of G-protein signalling in Aspergillus nidulans: RgsA downregulates stress response and stimulates asexual sporulation through attentuation of GanB (Gα) signalling

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 529-540

  Han, Kap Hoon ^a,c   Seo, Jeong Ah ^a   Yu, Jae Hyuk ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DOWN-REGULATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN REGULATORS; HYPHAE; MORPHOGENESIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 3242880573     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04163.x     Document Type: Article

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