Morphological transitions governed by density dependence and lipoxygenase activity in Aspergillus flavus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 5674-5685

  Horowitz Brown, S ^a   Zarnowski, R ^a   Sharpee, W C ^a   Keller, N P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UW Madison ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CELL DENSITIES; DENSITY-DEPENDENCE; DENSITY-DEPENDENT; LIPOXYGENASE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS;

LINOLENIC ACID; LIPOXYGENASE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; LINOLEIC ACID;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; FUNGUS; METABOLITE; MORPHOLOGY; OVERWINTERING; PHENOTYPE; SPORE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CELL DENSITY; CONIDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL SCLEROTIUM; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE DELETION; MORPHOLOGY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPOXYGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; QUORUM SENSING; RNA, FUNGAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 52649085353     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00565-08     Document Type: Article

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