Transcriptional changes in the transition from vegetative cells to asexual development in the model fungus Aspergillus nidulans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 311-321

  Garzia, Aitor ^a   Etxebeste, Oier ^a   Rodríguez Romero, Julio ^b,d   Fischer, Reinhard ^b   Espeso, Eduardo A ^c   Ugalde, Unai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84873148169     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00274-12     Document Type: Article

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