Characterization of the temperature-sensitive mutations un-7 and png-1 in Neurospora crassa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Dieterle, Michael G ^a,b   Wiest, Aric E ^a   Plamann, Mike ^a   McCluskey, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Pembroke Hill School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; ISOLEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN PNG 1; PROTEIN UN 7; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77956295730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010703     Document Type: Article

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