Molecular cloning of a gene required for DNA replication in Ustilago maydis

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 463-468

  Onel, K ^a   Holloman, W K ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle regulated gene expression; Conditional lethal mutant; DNA synthesis; EF hand motif

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; LETHAL MUTANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; G1 PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; S PHASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; USTILAGO;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0031027479     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050344     Document Type: Article

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