NCE102 homologue in Aspergillus fumigatus is required for normal sporulation, not hyphal growth or pathogenesis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 329, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-145

  Khalaj, Vahid ^a   Azizi, Mohammad ^a   Enayati, Somayeh ^a   Khorasanizadeh, Dorsa ^a   Ardakani, Esmat Mirabzadeh ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Gene deletion; Nce102; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYCELIUM; NCE102 GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPOROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; MUTATION; MYCELIUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84858705018     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02513.x     Document Type: Article

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