Identification of the het-r vegetative incompatibility gene of Podospora anserina as a member of the fast evolving HNWD gene family

Current Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-102

  Chevanne, Damien ^a   Bastiaans, Eric ^b   Debets, Alfons ^b   Saupe, Sven J ^a   Clavé, Corinne ^a   Paoletti, Mathieu ^a  

^a Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HNWD gene family; Non self recognition; Podospora anserina; Vegetative incompatibility

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HET C PROTEIN; HET D PROTEIN; HET E PROTEIN; HET R PROTEIN; HET V PROTEIN; HNWD PROTEIN; HNWD2 PROTEIN; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WD40 PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HETEROKARYON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

FUNGI; PODOSPORA ANSERINA;

EID: 59649123167     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-008-0227-5     Document Type: Article

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