Functional characterization of Aspergillus nidulans homologues of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Spa2 and Bud6

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 881-895

  Virag, Aleksandra ^a   Harris, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; BUD6 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MONOMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SPA2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHEMISTRY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33745130765     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00036-06     Document Type: Article

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