Differential physiological and developmental expression of the UapA and AzgA purine transporters in Aspergillus nidulans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 627-640

  Pantazopoulou, Areti ^a   Lemuh, Njimoh Dieudonné ^a   Hatzinikolaou, Dimitris G ^a   Drevet, Christine ^b   Cecchetto, Gianna ^b   Scazzocchio, Claudio ^b,c   Diallinas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Endocytosis; Metulae; Sexual differentiation; Topogenesis; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HYPOXANTHINE ADENINE GUANINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID XANTHINE;

ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; IMMUNODETECTION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ASPERGILLUS; CLEISTOTHECIA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 34249702462     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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