Genetic analysis of signal transduction through light-induced protein phosphorylation in Neurospora crassa perithecia

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 593-601

  Oda, K ^a,b   Hasunuma, K ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue light; Perithecial polarity; Phosphorylation of small protein; psp; wc 1

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; LIGHT; MYCELIUM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTOTROPISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030686474     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050607     Document Type: Article

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