Characterization of mat A-2, mat A-3 and ΔmatA mating-type mutants of Neurospora crassa

Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1069-1079

  Ferreira, Adlane V B ^a,c   An, Zhiqiang ^b,d   Metzenberg, Robert L ^b,e   Glass, N Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0031961195     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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