A protein kinase C-encoding gene, pkcA, is essential to the viability of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2787-2799

  Ichinomiya, Masayuki ^a,b   Uchida, Hirotaka ^a   Koshi, Yukako ^a   Ohta, Akinori ^a   Horiuchi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OJI PAPER CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Cell integrity; Filamentous fungi; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGI; GENES;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL INTEGRITY; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; PROTEIN KINASE;

PROTEINS;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSACTIVATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN KINASE C-ALPHA; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 36448935325     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70409     Document Type: Article

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