Glucose-mediated repression of autolysis and conidiogenesis in Emericella nidulans

Mycological Research

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1172-1178

  Emri, Tamás ^a   Molnár, Zsolt ^a   Veres, Tünde ^a   Pusztahelyi, Tünde ^a   Dudás, Gábor ^a   Pócsi, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Chitinase; CreA; Proteinase; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

CARBON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; EMERICELLA; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AUTOLYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EMERICELLA; KINETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EMERICELLA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 33750018097     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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