Six hydrophobins are involved in hydrophobin rodlet formation in Aspergillus nidulans and contribute to hydrophobicity of the spore surface

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Grünbacher, André ^a   Throm, Tanja ^a   Seidel, Constanze ^a   Gutt, Beatrice ^a   Röhrig, Julian ^a   Strunk, Timo ^b   Vincze, Paul ^b   Walheim, Stefan ^b   Schimmel, Thomas ^b   Wenzel, Wolfgang ^b   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBIN; PROTEIN DEWA; PROTEIN DEWB; PROTEIN DEWC; PROTEIN DEWD; PROTEIN DEWE; PROTEIN RODA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEWA PROTEIN, ASPERIGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EXON; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, FUNGAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84899553464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094546     Document Type: Article

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