Regulation of entry into gametogenesis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1584, 2011, Pages 3521-3531

  van Werven, Folkert J ^a   Amon, Angelika ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entry into gametogenesis; Germ cell; Master regulator; Meiosis; Sporulation; Yeast

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PROTOFUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 81055139549     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0081     Document Type: Review

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