Autophagy during conidiation and conidial germination in filamentous fungi

Autophagy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-129

  Kikuma, Takashi ^a   Arioka, Manabu ^a   Kitamoto, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus oryzae; Autophagy; Conidiation; Filamentous fungi; Germination; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ATG8 GENE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEUTEROMYCETES; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPOROGENESIS;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI;

EID: 33947423366     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.3560     Document Type: Article

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