Transcriptional analysis of the mt A idiomorph of Neurospora crassa identifies two genes in addition to mt A-1

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 767-774

  Ferreira, Adlane V B ^a   Saupe, Sven ^a   Glass, N Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertility; Mating type; Neurospora; Podospora

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FERTILITY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MTA 1 PROTEIN, NEUROSPORA CRASSA; MTA 2 PROTEIN, NEUROSPORA CRASSA; MTA 3 PROTEIN, NEUROSPORA CRASSA; MTA-1 PROTEIN, NEUROSPORA CRASSA; MTA-2 PROTEIN, NEUROSPORA CRASSA; MTA-3 PROTEIN, NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029665161     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050131     Document Type: Article

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