Aspergillus fumigatus catalytic glucokinase and hexokinase: Expression analysis and importance for germination, growth, and conidiation

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1120-1135

  Fleck, Christian B ^a   Brock, Matthias ^a  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOKINASE; HEXOKINASE; MESSENGER RNA; SUGAR PHOSPHATE; TREHALOSE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOCATALYSIS; CELL WALL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MYCELIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOCATALYSIS; CARBON; CELL WALL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GERMINATION; GLUCOKINASE; HEXOKINASE; HUMANS; LUNG; MICE; MYCELIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPORES, FUNGAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUGAR PHOSPHATES; TREHALOSE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 77956795517     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00362-09     Document Type: Article

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