Mating types and pheromone recognition in the homobasidiomycete Schizophyllum commune

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 146-152

  Kothe, Erika ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basidiomycetes; Fungal pheromones; Ligand recognition; Mating type genes; Natural and mutant alleles

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; RECEPTOR;

BASIDIOMYCETES; GENE; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE;

EID: 0032826315     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1999.1129     Document Type: Review

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