Molecular and functional analyses of poi-2, a novel gene highly expressed in sexual and perithecial tissues of Neurospora crassa

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 900-910

  Kim, Hyojeong ^a   Nelson, Mary Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FERTILITY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FERTILITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; POINT MUTATION;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 18944365451     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.5.900-910.2005     Document Type: Article

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