Solving a puzzle piece by piece: Sexual development in the basidiomycetous fungus Schizophyllum commune

Botanica Acta

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 208-213

  Kothe, Erika ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basidiomycete; Fruitbody; Homeodomain transcription factor; Hydrophobin; Mating type; Pheromone receptor; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE;

EID: 0030875578     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1997.tb00630.x     Document Type: Review

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