The histone acetyltransferase GcnE (GCN5) plays a central role in the regulation of Aspergillus asexual development

Genetics

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1175-1189

  Cánovas, David ^a,b   Marcos, Ana T ^a   Gacek, Agnieszka ^b   Ramos, María S ^a   Gutiérrez, Gabriel ^a   Reyes Domínguez, Yazmid ^b,d   Strauss, Joseph ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Laimburg   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asexual development; Aspergillus; brlA; Conidiation; Fluffy genes; Gcn5; GcnE; Histone acetylation; SAGA

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE GCN5; HISTONE H3; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; DEACETYLATION; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTONE ACETYLATION; INCUBATION TIME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SECONDARY METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; ACETYLATION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ACETYLATION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC LINKAGE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; RNA, FUNGAL; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84905647754     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.114.165688     Document Type: Article

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