Schizophyllum commune Aα mating-type proteins, Y and Z, form complexes in all combinations in vitro

Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-123

  Asada, Yasuhiko ^a,c   Yue, Changli ^a   Wu, Jian ^b,d   Shen, Guang Ping ^b   Novotny, Charles P ^b   Ullrich, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCHIZOPHYLLUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE;

EID: 0030981759     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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