Mating-type genes and MAT switching in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-64

  Haber, James E ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DIPLOIDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENE SWITCHING; HAPLOIDY; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MAT GENE; MATALPHA1 GENE; MATALPHA2 GENE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENES, SWITCH; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; PLOIDIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84860548726     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.111.134577     Document Type: Article

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