Identification of glucose transporters in aspergillus nidulans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Reis, Thaila Fernanda Dos ^b   Menino, João Filipe ^c   Bom, Vinícius Leite Pedro ^b   Brown, Neil Andrew ^b   Colabardini, Ana Cristina ^b   Savoldi, Marcela ^b   Goldman, Maria Helena S ^b   Rodrigues, Fernando ^c   Goldman, Gustavo Henrique ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FRUCTOSE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; MALTOSE; MANNOSE; PROTEIN HXTB; PROTEIN HXTC; PROTEIN HXTE; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBON SOURCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HXTB GENE; HXTC GENE; HXTD GENE; HXTE GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; GENES, FUNGAL; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84896733443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081412     Document Type: Article

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