The asexual pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus expresses functional determinants of Aspergillus nidulans sexual development

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1724-1732

  Große, Verena ^a   Krappmann, Sven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLEISTOTHECIA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI;

EID: 54249091739     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00157-08     Document Type: Article

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