A G protein alpha subunit from Cochliobolus heterostrophus involved in mating and appressorium formation

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-32

  Horwitz, Benjamin A ^a   Sharon, Amir ^b   Lu, Shun Wen ^c   Ritter, Vladimir ^a   Sandrock, Tanya M ^c   Yoder, O C ^c   Turgeon, B Gillian ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Mating type; Pathogenesis; Plant pathology; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CLONE; COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; FERTILITY; FUNGUS MUTANT; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032864784     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1998.1094     Document Type: Article

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