A STE12 homologue of the homothallic ascomycete Sordaria macrospora interacts with the MADS box protein MCM1 and is required for ascosporogenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 853-868

  Nolting, Nicole ^a   Pöggeler, Stefanie ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; MATING TYPE PROTEIN SMTA1; PROTEIN MCM1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR STE12; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASCOSPORE; ASCOSPOROGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FAR WESTERN BLOTTING; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SORDARIA MACROSPORA; SPOROGENESIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MCM1 PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SORDARIALES; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SORDARIA MACROSPORA;

EID: 33750002506     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05415.x     Document Type: Article

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