Roles of the Aspergillus nidulans UDP-galactofuranose transporter, UgtA in hyphal morphogenesis, cell wall architecture, conidiation, and drug sensitivity

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 896-903

  Afroz, Sharmin ^a   El Ganiny, Amira M ^a,b   Sanders, David A R ^a   Kaminskyj, Susan G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Cell morphogenesis; Cell wall; Galactofuranose; Integral membrane protein; Nucleotide sugar transporter

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CASPOFUNGIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GALACTOFURANOSE; GALACTOSE; UGTA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GOLGI COMPLEX; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; HYPHAE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPORES, FUNGAL; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79960567205     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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