Aspergillus nidulans transcription factor AtfA interacts with the MAPK SakA to regulate general stress responses, development and spore functions

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 436-454

  Lara Rojas, Fernando ^a   Sánchez, Olivia ^a   Kawasaki, Laura ^a   Aguirre, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN NIKA; PROTEIN SAKA; PROTEIN SRRA; PROTEIN SSKA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATFA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL SPORE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR DIVISION; ORTHOLOGY; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DNA, FUNGAL; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 79953907257     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07581.x     Document Type: Article

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