Shared and independent roles for a Gαi protein and adenylyl cyclase in regulating development and stress responses in Neurospora crassa

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 634-642

  Ivey, F Douglas ^a,c   Kays, Ann M ^a,d   Borkovich, Katherine A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GNA 1 PROTEIN, NEUROSPORA CRASSA; GNA-1 PROTEIN, NEUROSPORA CRASSA; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BASE SEQUENCE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036688822     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.4.634-642.2002     Document Type: Article

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