Deletion of the Schizophyllum commune Aα locus: The roles of Aα Y and Z mating-type genes

Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1437-1444

  Robertson, C Ian ^a   Bartholomew, Kirk A ^c   Novotny, Charles P ^a,b   Ulrich, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; SCHIZOPHYLLUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

FUNGI; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE;

EID: 0030455862     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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