Cell identity and sexual development in Cryptococcus neoformans are controlled by the mating-type-specific homeodomain protein SXI1α

Genes and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 3046-3060

  Hull, Christina M ^a   Davidson, Robert C ^a,b   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GlycoFi Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Basidiomycete; Fungal pathogenesis; Gene regulation; Mating type locus; Sex determination; Virulence

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE CONTROL; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIPLOIDY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 0036894726     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1041402     Document Type: Article

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