Isolation of pheromone precursor genes of Magnaporthe grisea

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 253-263

  Shen, Wei Chiang ^a   Bobrowicz, Piotr ^a   Ebbole, Daniel J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

a factor; CAAX; HMG box; Kex2; Mating factor; Mating type; Sexual development; factor

Indexed keywords

LIPOPEPTIDE; PHEROMONE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CELL STRUCTURE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE ISOLATION; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASCOMYCOTA; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 0032826945     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1999.1151     Document Type: Article

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