NsdD is a key repressor of asexual development in aspergillus nidulans

Genetics

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 159-173

  Lee, Mi Kyung ^a,b   Kwon, Nak Jung ^a   Choi, Jae Min ^b   Lee, Im Soon ^b   Jung, Seunho ^b   Yu, Jae Hyuk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c Macrogen Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STERIGMATOCYSTIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AN1652 GENE; AN2009 GENE; AN5833 GENE; AN7507 GENE; AN9141 GENE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; AUTOLYSIS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; NSDD GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; STERIGMATOCYSTIN;

EID: 84901375494     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.114.161430     Document Type: Article

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