Adaptative and developmental responses to stress in Aspergillus nidulans

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 704-718

  Etxebeste, Oier ^b   Ugalde, Unai ^b   Espeso, Eduardo A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcium signaling; Development; Halo osmotolerance; Light response; Morphogenesis; Nutrient starvation; Oxidative stress; Polarized growth

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARBON SOURCE; ILLUMINATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; REPRODUCTION; STRESS;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 79951744090     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920310794557682     Document Type: Article

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