Regulation of the Mts1-Mts2-dependent ade6-M26 meiotic recombination hot spot and developmental decisions by the Spc1 mitogen-activated protein kinase of fission yeast

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 7575-7583

  Kon, Ning ^a   Schroeder, Stephanie C ^a   Krawchuk, Michelle D ^a   Wahls, Wayne P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031753455     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.12.7575     Document Type: Article

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