Identification and characterization of genes required for cell-to-cell fusion in neurospora crassa

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1100-1109

  Fu, Ci ^a   Iyer, Priyadarshini ^a   Herkal, Amrita ^a   Abdullah, Julia ^a   Stout, Angela ^a   Free, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CYTOLOGY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; TRANSPORT VESICLE;

CELL FUSION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HYPHAE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSPORT VESICLES;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 79961038029     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.05003-11     Document Type: Article

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