The B regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase 2A is required for completion of macroconidiation and other developmental processes in Neurospora crassa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 197-209

  Yatzkan, Einat ^a   Yarden, Oded ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRON; MICROSCOPY; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032896632     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01161.x     Document Type: Article

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