Depletion of the MobB and CotA complex in Aspergillus nidulans causes defects in polarity maintenance that can be suppressed by the environment stress

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1570-1581

  Shi, Jie ^a   Chen, Weiwei ^a   Liu, Qin ^a   Chen, Shaochun ^a   Hu, Hongqin ^a   Turner, Geoffrey ^b   Lu, Ling ^a  

^a Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Bioresource Technology   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; CotA; Environmental stress; MobB; Polarity

Indexed keywords

ALCLOXA; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL POLARITY; CONIDIUM; COTA GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOBB GENE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL POLARITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 56049105601     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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