Analysis of autophagy in Aspergillus oryzae by disruption of Aoatg13, Aoatg4, and Aoatg15genes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 316, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-69

  Kikuma, Takashi ^a   Kitamoto, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

atg genes; Conidiation; Differentiation; EGFP; Filamentous fungi

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN AGT13; PROTEIN AGT14; PROTEIN AGT15; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHAGOSOME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; AUTOPHAGY; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGI;

EID: 79551473548     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02192.x     Document Type: Letter

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