Gametogenesis in the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii minus mating type is controlled by two genes, MID and MTD1

Genetics

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 913-925

  Lin, Huawen ^a   Goodenough, Ursula W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN MID; PROTEIN MTD1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GAMETOGENESIS; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ALGAL PROTEINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, DOMINANT; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UP-REGULATION;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 34250742725     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.066167     Document Type: Article

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