The anisin1 gene encodes a defensin-like protein and supports the fitness of Aspergillus nidulans

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 427-437

  Eigentler, Andrea ^a   Pócsi, István ^b   Marx, Florentine ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Asexual development; Aspergillus nidulans; Defensin; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANISIN1 PROTEIN; ASPARTIC ACID; DEFENSIN; HISTIDINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROTEIN BRLA; PROTEIN CATB; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISIN1 GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DEFENSINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84865865605     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-011-0773-y     Document Type: Article

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