Importin α is an essential nuclear import carrier adaptor required for proper sexual and asexual development and secondary metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 506-515

  Araújo Bazán, Lidia ^a   Dhingra, Sourabh ^b   Chu, John ^b   Fernández Martínez, Javier ^a   Calvo, Ana M ^b   Espeso, Eduardo A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asexual development; Aspergillus nidulans; Conditional mutation; Karyopherin; Nuclear transport; Secondary metabolism; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; MYCOTOXIN; PENICILLIN G; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE DERIVATIVE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 67349173556     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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