Three mating type-like loci in Candida glabrata

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 328-340

  Srikantha, Thyagarajan ^a   Lachke, Salil A ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENES, SWITCH; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0038058808     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.2.2.328-340.2003     Document Type: Article

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