Fungal physiology and the origins of molecular biology

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3799-3809

  Brambl, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; CHITIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME P450; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; LIGNIN;

BIOGENESIS; BREATHING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; GERMINATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCOLOGY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TELOMERE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHITIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FUNGI; GENE SILENCING; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOTOXINS; NITROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 71449112741     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.035238-0     Document Type: Review

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