The fluffy gene of Neurospora crassa encodes a Gal4p-type C6 zinc cluster protein required for conidial development

Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1813-1820

  Bailey, Lori A ^a   Ebbole, Daniel J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CONTROL; GENE ISOLATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0031919434     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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