Autophagy genes Smatg8 and Smatg4 are required for fruiting-body development, vegetative growth and ascospore germination in the filamentous ascomycete Sordaria macrospora

Autophagy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-49

  Voigt, Oliver ^a   Pöggeler, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atg4; Atg8; Autophagy; Filamentous ascomycete; Fruiting body development; Sordaria macrospora

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; SMATG4 PROTEIN; SMATG8 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASCOSPORE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROAUTOPHAGY; MACROPEXOPHAGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SORDARIA MACROSPORA; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; YEAST;

ASCOMYCOTA; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SORDARIA MACROSPORA;

EID: 84872203028     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.22398     Document Type: Article

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