Two pheromone precursor genes are transcriptionally expressed in the homothallic ascomycete Sordaria macrospora

Current Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 403-411

  Pöggeler, Stefanie ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homothallism; Pheromone precursor genes; Sordaria macrospora

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; PHEROMONE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MATING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REPRODUCTION; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SORDARIALES;

EID: 0343673396     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940000120     Document Type: Article

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