Aspergillus fumigatus flbB encodes two basic leucine zipper domain (bZIP) proteins required for proper asexual development and gliotoxin production

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1711-1723

  Xiao, Peng ^a,b   Shin, Kwang Soo ^c   Wang, Tianhong ^a   Yu, Jae Hyuk ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Daejeon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; GLIOTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLIOTOXIN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 78149269463     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00198-10     Document Type: Article

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