Deletion of the protein kinase A regulatory subunit leads to deregulation of mitochondrial activation and nuclear duplication in Aspergillus fumigatus

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-277

  Fuller, Kevin K ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a,b   Askew, David S ^a   Rhodes, Judith C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEAR DIVISION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS DIVISION; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 61949362974     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00391-08     Document Type: Article

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