Sex-specific homeodomain proteins Sxi1α and Sxi2a coordinately regulate sexual development in Cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 526-535

  Hull, Christina M ^a,b   Boily, Marie Josee ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 15244354604     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.3.526-535.2005     Document Type: Article

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