Fungi use the SakA (HogA) pathway for phytochrome-dependent light signalling

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Yu, Zhenzhong ^a   Armant, Olivier ^a   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN SAKA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONJ GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PYR4 GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC TESTING; GENOME, FUNGAL; LIGHT; MUTATION; PHYTOCHROME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84995366392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.19     Document Type: Article

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