Nuclear fusion occurs during mating in Candida albicans and is dependent on the KAR3 gene

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1046-1059

  Bennett, Richard J ^a   Miller, Mathew G ^a   Chua, Penelope R ^b   Maxon, Mary E ^b   Johnson, Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cytokinetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KAR3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; KAR3 GENE; MATING; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TETRAPLOIDY; ZYGOTE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CROSSES, GENETIC; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYPLOIDY;

EID: 14544287284     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04466.x     Document Type: Article

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