Viral repression of fungal pheromone precursor gene expression

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 953-959

  Zhang, Lei ^a,b   Baasiri, Rudeina A ^a,c   Van Alfen, Neal K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPOROGENESIS; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIROGENESIS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INHIBITION;

EID: 0031930302     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.2.953     Document Type: Article

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