The fluffy Gene of Neurospora crassa Is Necessary and Sufficient to Induce Conidiophore Development

Genetics

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1741-1749

  Bailey Shrode, Lori ^a   Ebbole, Daniel J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC CLUSTER PROTEIN;

ACON 2 GENE; ACON 3 GENE; ARTICLE; CON 10 GENE; CON 6 GENE; CONIDIUM; EAS GENE; FLUFFY GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; MUTANT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; RNA; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 2442616070     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.166.4.1741     Document Type: Article

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