Genetics of Morphogenesis and Pathogenic Development of Ustilago maydis

Advances in Genetics

Volumn 57, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-47

  Klosterman, Steven J ^a   Perlin, Michael H ^b   Garcia Pedrajas, Maria ^c   Covert, Sarah F ^d   Gold, Scott E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; FUNGAL DNA; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USTILAGO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CYCLIC AMP; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NITROGEN; USTILAGO;

EID: 33847672672     PISSN: 00652660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2660(06)57001-4     Document Type: Review

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