Cloning and characterization of a Schizophyllum gene with Aβ6 mating-type activity

Current Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 136-142

  Shen, Guang Ping ^a   Park, Dong Chul ^a   Ullrich, Robert C ^b   Novotny, Charles P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeodomain; Mating type; Schizophyllum commune

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; MATING TYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE;

EID: 0030046240     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02221577     Document Type: Article

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