The pheromone response factor coordinates filamentous growth and pathogenicity in Ustilago maydis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1632-1641

  Hartmann, H Andreas ^a   Kahmann, Regine ^a   Bölker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fungal dimorphism; HMG domain; Mating type; Pheromone response; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0029937938     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00508.x     Document Type: Article

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