Neurospora crassa fmf-1 encodes the homologue of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Ste11p regulator of sexual development

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-39

  Iyer, Srividhya V ^a   Ramakrishnan, Mukund ^a   Kasbekar, Durgadas P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chromosome segment duplications; Mating pheromones; Neurospora; Perithecial development; Yeast

Indexed keywords

NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN; STE11 PROTEIN, S POMBE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 67651162556     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 09737731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-009-0005-2     Document Type: Article

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