FlbD, a Myb transcription factor of Aspergillus nidulans, is uniquely involved in both asexual and sexual differentiation

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1132-1142

  Arratia Quijada, Jenny ^a   Sánchez, Olivia ^a   Scazzocchio, Claudio ^b,c   Aguirrea, Jesús ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLBD PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MUTATION; NADPH OXIDASE; NITROGEN; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; PERIDIUM;

EID: 84865545198     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00101-12     Document Type: Article

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