Three subfamilies of pheromone and receptor genes generate multiple b mating specificities in the mushroom Coprinus cinereus

Genetics

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1115-1123

  Halsall, John R ^a   Milner, Michael J ^a   Casselton, Lorna A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; MATING; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COPRINUS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, MATING FACTOR; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; COPRINUS;

EID: 0034090229     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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