Posttranscriptional control mediates cell type-specific localization of catalase A during Aspergillus nidulans development

• Published in: Journal of Bacteriology Vol. 180; no. 21; pp. 5733 - 5738
• Main Authors: Navarro, R.E, Aguirre, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 01.11.1998
• Subjects: Artificial Gene Fusion; ascospores; Aspergillus nidulans; Aspergillus nidulans - enzymology; Aspergillus nidulans - genetics; Aspergillus nidulellus; Bacteriology; Base Sequence; beta-galactosidase; catalase; Catalase - genetics; conidia; conidiation; conidiophores; cytochemistry; DNA, Bacterial; enzyme activity; enzymology; Eukaryotic Cells; fungal anatomy; Fungi; gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; Genes; genetics; hyphae; Lac Operon; messenger RNA; metulae; Molecular biology; Molecular Sequence Data; osmotic pressure; phialides; Plant reproduction; promoter regions; Protein Biosynthesis; recombinant DNA; reporter genes; RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; RNA, Messenger; Spores, Bacterial; sporulation; stress; translation

Two differentially regulated catalase genes have been identified in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans. The catA gene belongs to a class whose transcripts are specifically induced during asexual sporulation (conidiation) and encodes a catalase accumulated in conidia. Using a developmental mutant affect...