A screen for germination mutants in saccharomyces cerevisiae

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-149

  Kloimwieder, Anne ^a   Winston, Fred ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ERG6; Germination; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Sporulation; TRF4

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877261260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.000323     Document Type: Article

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