The neurospora rca-1 gene complements an Aspergillus flbD sporulation mutant but has no identifiable role in neurospora sporulation

Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1031-1041

  Shen, Wei Chiang ^a   Wieser, Jenny ^a   Adams, Thomas H ^a   Ebbole, Daniel J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0031981350     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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