A Sordaria macrospora mutant lacking the leu1 gene shows a developmental arrest during fruiting body formation

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 274, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-315

  Kück, Ulrich ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Isopropylmalate dehydrogenase; Cross pathway control; Fungal fruiting body development; Sordaria macrospora

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FRUITING BODY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; SORDARIA MACROSPORA;

3-ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LEUCINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SORDARIALES;

FUNGI; SORDARIA MACROSPORA;

EID: 26944476220     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-005-0021-8     Document Type: Article

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