VeA-dependent RNA-pol II transcription elongation factor-like protein, RtfA, is associated with secondary metabolism and morphological development in Aspergillus nidulans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 795-814

  Ramamoorthy, Vellaisamy ^a   Shantappa, Sourabha ^a   Dhingra, Sourabh ^a   Calvo, Ana M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN RTFA; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RTFA GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; VEA GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, FUNGAL; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84864808869     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08142.x     Document Type: Article

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