Isolation and characterization of the krev-1 gene, a novel member of ras superfamily in Neurospora crassa: Involvement in sexual cycle progression

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 429-437

  Ito, S ^a   Matsui, Y ^b   Toh e, A ^b   Harashima, T ^a   Inoue, H ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

krev 1; Krev 1 rap1A smg21A; Neurospora crassa; ras superfamily

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE H RAS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, FUNGAL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAP GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX;

FUNGI; MAMMALIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030982375     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050515     Document Type: Article

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