The mating type-specific homeodomain genes SXI1α and SXI2a coordinately control uniparental mitochondrial inheritance in Cryptococcus neoformans

Current Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-195

  Yan, Zhun ^a   Hull, Christina M ^b   Sun, Sheng ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^c   Xu, Jianping ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeodomain proteins; Mating type; Mitochondria; Organelle inheritance; Sex

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN SXI1ALPHA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN SXI2A; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; GENOTYPE; MATING TYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX; ZYGOTE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MITOCHONDRIA;

EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 33847220337     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-006-0115-9     Document Type: Article

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