Functional analysis of the ATG8 homologue Aoatg8 and role of autophagy in differentiation and germination in Aspergillus oryzae

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1328-1336

  Kikuma, Takashi ^a   Ohneda, Mamoru ^a,b   Arioka, Manabu ^a   Kitamoto, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GERMINATION; HYPHAE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGI;

EID: 33747343993     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00024-06     Document Type: Article

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