Secondary Metabolism and Development Is Mediated by LlmF Control of VeA Subcellular Localization in Aspergillus nidulans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Palmer, Jonathan M ^a   Theisen, Jeffrey M ^a   Duran, Rocio M ^b   Grayburn, W Scott ^b   Calvo, Ana M ^b   Keller, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; PROTEIN LIMF; PROTEIN VEA; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ACETYLESTERASE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84873498382     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003193     Document Type: Article

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