A MADS-box homologue in Ustilago maydis regulates the expression of pheromone-inducible genes but is nonessential

Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1643-1652

  Krüger, Julia ^a   Aichinger, Christian ^a   Kahmann, Regine ^a,b   Bölker, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Genetik und Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MCM1 PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECEPTORS, MATING FACTOR; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; USTILAGO;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0030786808     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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