A screening for suppressor mutants reveals components involved in the blue light-inhibited sexual filamentation in Cryptococcus neoformans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-54

  Yeh, Yu Ling ^a   Lin, Yu Sheng ^a   Su, Bei Jia ^a   Shen, Wei Chiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium insertional mutagenesis; Cryptococcus neoformans; Cwc1; Cwc2; Photoresponse; Suppressor

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CWC1; PROTEIN CWC2; PROTEIN SSN8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA BINDING; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; LIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 57649183343     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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