Identification of the sex genes in an early diverged fungus

Nature

Volumn 451, Issue 7175, 2008, Pages 193-196

  Idnurm, Alexander ^a,b   Walton, Felicia J ^a   Floyd, Anna ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN;

ALLELE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMOSOME; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PROTEIN; SEX DETERMINATION;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYCOMYCETES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PHYCOMYCES BLAKESLEEANUS; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 38049115135     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06453     Document Type: Article

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