VeA of Aspergillus niger increases spore dispersing capacity by impacting conidiophore architecture

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 187-199

  Wang, Fengfeng ^a   Dijksterhuis, Jan ^b   Wyatt, Timon ^b   Wösten, Han A B ^a   Bleichrodt, Robert Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asexual development; Aspergillus; Conidiophore; Fungus; VeA; Velvet protein

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN VEA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEINS;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS SYDOWII; CONIDIOPHORE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SURFACE AREA; BIOMASS; CYTOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOMASS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84940101238     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-014-0316-z     Document Type: Article

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