A histidine kinase PmHHK1 regulates polar growth, sporulation and cell wall composition in the dimorphic fungus Penicillium marneffei

Mycological Research

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 915-923

  Wang, Feng ^a,b   Tao, Juhong ^a,c   Qian, Zhen ^a,c   You, Song ^b   Dong, Hui ^a,c   Shen, Huan ^a,c   Chen, Xiaoxun ^a,c   Tang, Shengrong ^a,c   Ren, Shuangxi ^a,c  

^a CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^b SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Ministry Key Laboratory of Disease and Health Genomics   (China)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Drug target; Histidine kinase; Polar growth; Promoter; RNA interference; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE;

CHEMOTHERAPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; RNA; SIGNALING; SPORULATION; VIRULENCE;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL POLARITY; CELL WALL; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CELL POLARITY; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HIV; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCOSES; PENICILLIUM; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPORES; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI;

EID: 70349108776     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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