Diverse interactions mediate asymmetric incompatibility by the het-6 supergene complex in Neurospora crassa

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-73

  Lafontaine, Denis L ^a   Smith, Myron L ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

HET domain; Nonallelic heterokaryon incompatibility; Nonself recognition; Ribonucleotide reductase

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HET 6 SUPERGENE; HET C GENE; HETEROKARYON INCOMPATIBILITY; MAT GENE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OAK RIDGE; PANAMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UN 24 GENE; VIB 1 GENE;

ALLELES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84856498367     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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