Identification of the pheromone response element in Ustilago maydis

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-37

  Urban, Martin ^a   Kahmann, Regine ^a   Bölker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Mating type; Pheromone response element; Signal transduction; Ustilago maydis

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOIDY; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUCURONIDASE; HAPLOIDY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; USTILAGO;

EID: 2442695651     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050136     Document Type: Article

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