Non-self recognition and programmed cell death in filamentous fungi

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 553-558

  Glass, N Louise ^a   Dementhon, Karine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; AUTOPHAGY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL FUNCTION; COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPTOSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; HYPHAE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

FUNGI;

EID: 33751203519     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2006.09.001     Document Type: Review

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