GDP-mannose transporter paralogues play distinct roles in polarized growth of Aspergillus nidulans

Mycologia

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 305-310

  Jackson Hayes, Loretta ^a   Hill, Terry W ^a   Loprete, Darlene M ^a   Gordon, Barbara S ^a   Groover, Chassidy J ^a   Johnson, Laura R ^a   Martin, Stuart A ^a  

^a RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall; GDP mannose transporter; Germination; Golgi apparatus; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; GENOME; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE; MORPHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SUBSTRATE; SUGAR;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CARRIER PROTEIN; GDP MANNOSE TRANSPORTER; GDP-MANNOSE TRANSPORTER; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GOLGI COMPLEX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GOLGI APPARATUS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77951890764     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/09-138     Document Type: Article

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