ras2 controls morphogenesis, pheromone response, and pathogenicity in the fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 954-966

  Lee, Nancy ^a   Kronstad, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE PROMOTING COMPLEX; ANAPHASE-PROMOTING COMPLEX; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUZ7 PROTEIN, USTILAGO MAYDIS; LIGASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; PHEROMONE; RAS PROTEIN; RNA; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DNA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIGASES; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHEROMONES; RAS PROTEINS; RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE COMPLEXES;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038185256     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.6.954-966.2002     Document Type: Article

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