Genetic bypass of Aspergillus nidulans crzA function in calcium homeostasis

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1129-1141

  Almeida, Ricardo S ^a,c   Loss, Omar ^b,d   Colabardini, Ana Cristina ^c   Brown, Neil Andrew ^c   Bignell, Elaine ^d   Savoldi, Marcela ^c   Pantano, Sergio ^e   Goldman, Maria Helena S ^c   Arst Jr , Herbert N ^d   Goldman, Gustavo H ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

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

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Biosynthesis; Calcineurin; CrzA; Extragenic; Folate; Nidulan; Suppression

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; CRZA PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FLUO 3; FOLIC ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULAN; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRZA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EXTRAGENIC SUPPRESSION; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; FOLATE BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; WILD TYPE;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84883215706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.113.005983     Document Type: Article

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