A pheromone receptor gene, pre-1, is essential for mating type-specific directional growth and fusion of trichogynes and female fertility in Neurospora crassa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1781-1798

  Kim, Hyojeong ^a   Borkovich, Katherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MATING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRE 1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 3042590310     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04096.x     Document Type: Article

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