Regulation of genes involved in cell wall synthesis and structure during Ustilago maydis dimorphism

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-84

  Robledo Briones, Mariana ^a   Ruiz Herrera, José ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Dimorphism; Gene expression; Microarrays; Ustilago maydis

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,6 GLUCAN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SUGAR NUCLEOTIDE; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,6-GLUCAN; CHITIN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GOLGI COMPLEX; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PH; PLASTICITY; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; USTILAGO MAYDIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; USTILAGO;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

BETA-GLUCANS; CELL WALL; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DOWN-REGULATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; MYCELIUM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, FUNGAL; UP-REGULATION; USTILAGO;

EID: 84872396985     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12011     Document Type: Article

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