Deletion of the RING-finger peroxin 2 gene in Aspergillus nidulans does not affect meiotic development

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 306, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-71

  Hynes, Michael J ^a   Murray, Sandra L ^a   Kahn, Freya K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Peroxisomes; RING finger; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PEROXIN; PEROXIN 2; PEROXIN B; PEROXIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIABILITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RING FINGER MOTIF; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES COMPARISON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARRIER PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MEIOSIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEROXISOMES; PODOSPORA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; PODOSPORA ANSERINA;

EID: 77950494278     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01934.x     Document Type: Article

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