Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase, as a suppressor of the seph mutation in Aspergillus nidulans, is required for the proper timing of septation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 894-907

  Zhong, Guowei ^a   Wei, Wenfan ^a   Guan, Qi ^a   Ma, Zhaofei ^a   Wei, Hua ^a   Xu, Xushi ^a   Zhang, Shizhu ^a   Lu, Ling ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS RIBOSEPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHOKINASE 1; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS RIBOSEPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHOKINASE 2; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS RIBOSEPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHOKINASE 3; HETERODIMER; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSEPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHOKINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS PHOSPHORIBOSYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE 1 GENE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS PHOSPHORIBOSYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE 2 GENE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS PHOSPHORIBOSYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE 3 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DELETION MUTANT; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REPRESSION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPH GENE; SEPTATION INITIATION NETWORK; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CYTOKINESIS; GENE DELETION; HYPHAE; MUTATION; RIBOSE-PHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHOKINASE; SPORES, FUNGAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84871736260     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12026     Document Type: Article

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