Development and characterization of nickel accumulating mutants of Aspergillus nidulans

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-250

  Tripathi, Pushplata ^a   Srivastava, Sheela ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Inhibitors; Kinetics; Metabolic; Mutants; Nickel; Resistance; Uptake

Indexed keywords

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 35549006329     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-007-0045-3     Document Type: Article

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