A phosphoglucose isomerase mutant in Aspergillus nidulans is defective in hyphal polarity and conidiation

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 739-751

  Upadhyay, Srijana ^a   Shaw, Brian D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Cell Polarity; Cell wall; Chitin synthesis; GFP localization; Morphogenesis; Phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI); Polarized Growth; Protein mannosylation; swoM1

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL GROWTH; CELL TYPE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETIC CODE; GERMINATION; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; HYPHAE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POINT MUTATION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 33749246877     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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