Reconstruction of signaling networks regulating fungal morphogenesis by transcriptomics

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1677-1691

  Meyer, Vera ^a,b   Arentshorst, Mark ^a   Flitter, Simon J ^a   Nitsche, Benjamin M ^a   Kwon, Min Jin ^a   Reynaga Peña, Cristina G ^c   Bartnicki Garcia, Salomon ^d   Van Den Hondel, Cees A M J J ^a   Ram, Arthur F J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

^d Scientific Research and High Education Center from Ensenada (CICESE)   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHEMISTRY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 72449150220     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00050-09     Document Type: Article

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