Ste12 and Ste12-like proteins, fungal transcription factors regulating development and pathogenicity

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 480-485

  Hoi, Joanne Wong Sak ^a,b,c   Dumas, Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; STE12 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77950523174     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00333-09     Document Type: Review

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