The homeodomains of the heterodimeric bE and bW proteins of Ustilago maydis are both critical for function

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 514-519

  Schlesinger, R ^a   Kahmann, R ^b   Kamper J ^b  

^a Institut fur Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterodimer; Homeodomain protein; Mutational analysis; Ustilago maydis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; COPRINUS; DELETION MUTANT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; DIMERIZATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; USTILAGO;

COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; COPRINUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0030947545     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050446     Document Type: Article

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