Functional diversity of chitin synthases of Aspergillus nidulans in hypha growth, conidiophore development and septum formation

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Horiuchi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Cell wall; Chitin synthase

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE A; CHITIN SYNTHASE B; CHITIN SYNTHASE C; CHITIN SYNTHASE D; CHITIN SYNTHASE MA; CHITIN SYNTHASE MB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL WALL; CONIDIUM; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYPHAE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 67651112219     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802213332     Document Type: Article

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