Genomics reveals sexual secrets of Aspergillus

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2301-2303

  Dyer, Paul S ^a   Paoletti, Mathieu ^a   Archer, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; POLYPEPTIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ASCOMYCETES; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BINDING SITE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 6; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HYBRIDIZATION; INHERITANCE; INTRON; MATING TYPE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0141703524     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.C0119-0     Document Type: Note

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