A tetrad analysis of the basidiomycete fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

Genetics

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-163

  Idnurm, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADE2 PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URA5 PROTEIN;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BASIDIOSPORE; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISPERSION; DORMANCY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETIC MARKER; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; MATING; MEIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROMANIPULATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPOROGENESIS; TETRAD ANALYSIS; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

ANEUPLOIDY; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENES, FUNGAL; GERMINATION; MEIOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 77955419577     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.109.113027     Document Type: Article

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