Nitric oxide synthesis by nitrate reductase is regulated during development in Aspergillus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 15-33

  Marcos, Ana T ^a   Ramos, María S ^a   Marcos, Jose F ^b   Carmona, Lourdes ^b,e   Strauss, Joseph ^c,d   Cánovas, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

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

^d AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FLAVOHEMOGLOBIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN DERIVATIVE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN AREA; PROTEIN NIRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CLEISTOTHECIUM; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; FHBA GENE; FHBB GENE; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; METABOLIC BALANCE; NIAD GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84955192007     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13211     Document Type: Article

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