Targeted mutation of the SC3 hydrophobin gene of Schizophyllum commune affects formation of aerial hyphae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 265-269

  Van Wetter, Marie Anne ^b   Schuren, Frank H J ^a,b   Schuurs, Theo A ^b   Wessels, Joseph G H ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerial hyphae; Fruiting body formation in Schizophyllum; Gene disruption in Schizophyllum; SC3 hydrophobin gene; Schizophyllum commune

Indexed keywords

PHLEOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE MUTATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE;

EID: 0030199668     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00192-9     Document Type: Article

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