Transcription factors Mat2 and Znf2 operate cellular circuits orchestrating opposite- and same-sex mating in Cryptococcus neoformans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 30-

  Lin, Xiaorong ^a,b   Jackson, Jennifer C ^a   Feretzaki, Marianna ^b   Xue, Chaoyang ^b,c   Heitman, Joseph ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAT2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZNF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MATING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTHENOGENESIS; RHIZOBIUM; CELL FUSION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

CELL FUSION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 77953192777     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000953     Document Type: Article

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