Allelic exchange of pheromones and their receptors reprograms sexual identity in Cryptococcus neoformans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Stanton, Brynne C ^a   Giles, Steven S ^a   Staudt, Mark W ^a   Kruzel, Emilia K ^a   Hull, Christina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE LOCUS; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; REPRODUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

ALLELES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CROSSES, GENETIC; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 77649194632     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000860     Document Type: Article

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