Role of nitric oxide and flavohemoglobin homolog genes in Aspergillus nidulans sexual development and mycotoxin production

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5524-5528

  Baidya, Sachin ^a   Cary, Jeffrey W ^b   Grayburn, W Scott ^a   Calvo, A M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FLAVOHEMOGLOBINS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASPERGILLUS; GENES; METABOLISM;

NITRIC OXIDE;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HEMOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYCOTOXIN; NITRIC OXIDE; STERIGMATOCYSTIN;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NITRIC OXIDE; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HEMEPROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCOTOXINS; NITRIC OXIDE; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STERIGMATOCYSTIN;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79961076133     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00638-11     Document Type: Article

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