The Gα(i) homologue gna-1 controls multiple differentiation pathways in Neurospora crassa

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1283-1297

  Ivey, F Douglas ^a   Hodge, Petrea N ^a,c   Turner, Gloria E ^b   Borkovich, Katherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Gen Probe Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0029779288     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.7.8.1283     Document Type: Article

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