Gβ-Like CpcB Plays a Crucial Role for Growth and Development of Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Kong, Qing ^a,b   Wang, Long ^c   Liu, Zengran ^d   Kwon, Nak Jung ^b   Kim, Sun Chang ^e   Yu, Jae Hyuk ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (China)

^e Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLIOTOXIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; PROTEIN CPCB; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPCB GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYCOTOXINS; PHENOTYPE; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84880788172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070355     Document Type: Article

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