The cryptococcus neoformans STE12α gene: A putative saccharomyces cerevisiae STE12 homologue that is mating type specific

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 951-960

  Wickes, Brian L ^a,b   Edman, Ursula ^a   Edman, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; STE12 PROTEIN, FUNGUS; STE12 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030608657     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.6322001.x     Document Type: Article

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