The Cryptococcus neoformans STE11α gene is similar to other fungal mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK) genes but is mating type specific

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 200-213

  Clarke, D L ^a   Woodlee, G L ^a   McClelland, C M ^a   Seymour, T S ^a   Wickes, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; PEPTIDE; PRIMER DNA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN; STE11 PROTEIN, S POMBE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE; PROTEIN BYR2; PROTEIN NRC 1; PROTEIN STE11; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; MATING FACTOR; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; MATING TYPE; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HAPLOIDY; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; NEOSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0034744559     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02375.x     Document Type: Article

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