The regulatory subunit of protein kinase A promotes hyphal growth and plays an essential role in Yarrowia lipolytica

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 929-940

  Cervantes Chávez, José A ^a   Ruiz Herrera, José ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; PKA pathway; RKA1 gene; Yarrowia lipolytica

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ISOLATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; YEAST CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; YARROWIA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 34547883873     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2007.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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