Light stimulation of conidiation in Neurospora crassa: Studies with the wild-type strain and mutants wc-1, wc-2 and acon-2

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-211

  Lauter, Frank Roman ^a,b   Yamashiro, Carl T ^a,c   Yanofsky, Charles ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institut fur Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH   (Germany)

^c PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aconidial mutant; Conidiation; Light effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0031079566     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(96)07405-2     Document Type: Article

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