Expression of two closely linked hydrophobin genes of Coprinus cinereus is monokaryon-specific and down-regulated by the oid-1 mutation

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-63

  Ásgeirsdóttir, Sigridur A ^a,b   Halsall, John R ^a   Casselton, Lorna A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coprinus cinereus; Developmental regulation; Hydrophobin; Oidia

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COPRINUS; COSMID; DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; COPRINUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0031213982     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1997.0992     Document Type: Article

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