FigA, a putative homolog of low-affinity calcium system member Fig1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is involved in growth and asexual and sexual development in Aspergillus nidulans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 295-303

  Zhang, Shizhu ^a   Zheng, Hailin ^a   Long, Nanbiao ^a   Carbó, Natalia ^b   Chen, Peiying ^a   Aguilar, Pablo S ^a   Lu, Ling ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FIG1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CHEMISTRY; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CALCIUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HYPHAE; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84893378586     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00257-13     Document Type: Article

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