A novel regulator couples sporogenesis and trehalose biogenesis in aspergillus nidulans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Ni, Min ^a   Yu, Jae Hyuk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN VOSA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEAT TOLERANCE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATOR GENE; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TREHALOSE; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 41549112943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000970     Document Type: Article

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