A sex recognition glycoprotein is encoded by the plus mating-type gene fus1 of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1235-1248

  Ferris, Patrick J ^a,b   Woessner, Jeffrey P ^a   Goodenough, Ursula W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GAMETE; GENE SEQUENCE; MATING TYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVERTANT; TRANSPOSON;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 0029767398     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.7.8.1235     Document Type: Article

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