Functional Characterization of Aspergillus nidulans ypkA, a Homologue of the Mammalian Kinase SGK

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Colabardini, Ana Cristina ^b   Brown, Neil Andrew ^b   Savoldi, Marcela ^b   Goldman, Maria Helena S ^b   Goldman, Gustavo Henrique ^a,b  

^a BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SERUM AND GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATED KINASE; SPHINGOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYL COENZYME A; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; PHYTOSPHINGOSINE; SERUM-GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATED KINASE; SPHINGOSINE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BARA GENE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; ESSENTIAL GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PKHA GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; YPKA GENE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACYL COENZYME A; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPHINGOLIPIDS; SPHINGOSINE; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84874676210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057630     Document Type: Article

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