Acon-3, the Neurospora crassa ortholog of the developmental modifier, medA, complements the conidiation defect of the Aspergillus nidulans mutant

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 370-376

  Chung, Da Woon ^a   Greenwald, Charles ^a   Upadhyay, Srijana ^a   Ding, Shengli ^a   Wilkinson, Heather H ^a   Ebbole, Daniel J ^a   Shaw, Brian D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACON 3; ANID_06230; Conidiation; Evolution of development; MedA; NCU07617

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ACON 3; PROTEIN MEDA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACON 3 GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASEXUAL SPORE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GROWTH REGULATION; MEDA GENE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE TYPES;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; MEDA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 79952038829     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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