Posttranscriptional control of growth and development in Ustilago maydis

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 693-699

  Vollmeister, Evelyn ^a   Feldbrügge, Michael ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KHD4; PROTEIN RRM4; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH REGULATION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; USTILAGO MAYDIS; VERTEBRATE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PLANT DISEASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; USTILAGO; ZEA MAYS;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS; VERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78649670796     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.08.013     Document Type: Review

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