A mutant defective in sexual development produces aseptate ascogonia

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1856-1866

  Bloemendal, Sandra ^a   Lord, Kathryn M ^b   Rech, Christine ^a   Hoff, Birgit ^a   Engh, Ines ^a   Read, Nick D ^b   Kück, Ulrich ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FRUITING BODY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SORDARIALES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SORDARIALES;

ASCOMYCOTA; EUKARYOTA; SORDARIA MACROSPORA;

EID: 78649808070     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00186-10     Document Type: Article

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