Fil1, a G-protein α-suhunit that acts upstream of cAMP and is essential for dimorphic switching in haploid cells of Ustilago hordei

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 426-435

  Lichter, A ^a   Mills, D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP; Chromosomal deletion; Fungal dimorphism; Heterotrimeric G proteins; Representational difference analysis (RDA)

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA PROBE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HAPLOIDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIC AMP; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HAPLOIDY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; USTILAGO;

ASCOMYCOTA; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; TEREBRANTIA; USTILAGO HORDEI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0030670939     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050586     Document Type: Article

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