Mating type in filamentous fungi

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue , 1997, Pages 245-276

  Kronstad, J W ^a   Staben, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascomycete; Basidiomycete; Filamentous fungi; Mating type; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; COPRINUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; MATING TYPE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; EVOLUTION; FORECASTING; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; COPRINUS; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0031453252     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.31.1.245     Document Type: Review

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