High mobility group (HMG-box) genes in the honeybee fungal pathogen Ascosphaera apis

Mycologia

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 553-561

  Aronstein, K A ^a   Murray, K D ^a   De Leon J H ^a   Qin, X ^b   Weinstock, G M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascosphaera apis; Gene expression; HMG box; Honeybee; Idiomorph; Mating type; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MAT1 2 1 PROTEIN, FUNGAL; MAT1-2-1 PROTEIN, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HONEYBEE; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX DOMAIN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONYGENALES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HMG-BOX DOMAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONYGENALES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

APIS MELLIFERA; ASCOMYCOTA; ASCOSPHAERA APIS; FUNGI;

EID: 36048992356     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.99.4.553     Document Type: Article

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