Aspergillus asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction are differentially affected by transcriptional and translational mechanisms regulating stunted gene expression

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 6191-6201

  Wu, Jianguo ^a   Miller, Bruce L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE TYPES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; METULA;

EID: 0030843424     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.10.6191     Document Type: Article

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