Aspergillus nidulans FlbE is an upstream developmental activator of conidiation functionally associated with the putative transcription factor FlbB

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 172-184

  Garzia, Aitor ^a   Etxebeste, Oier ^a,b   Herrero Garcia, Erika ^c   Fischer, Reinhard ^d   Espeso, Eduardo A ^c   Ugalde, Unai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CIC NANOGUNE   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLBB; PROTEIN FLBE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL CYCLE; CONIDIOBOLUS; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 58149116712     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06520.x     Document Type: Article

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