Schizosaccharomyces pombe map1+ encodes a MADS-box-family protein required for cell-type-specific gene expression

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3420-3428

  Yabana, Naoyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MATING; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030012556     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.7.3420     Document Type: Article

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