Genome Wide Association Identifies Novel Loci Involved in Fungal Communication

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Palma Guerrero, Javier ^a   Hall, Charles R ^a,c   Kowbel, David ^a   Welch, Juliet ^a   Taylor, John W ^a   Brem, Rachel B ^b   Glass, N Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL CALCIUM SENSOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL KINASE; PROTEIN 14 3 3; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CSE1 GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME RELEASE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VALIDATION PROCESS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84884661084     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003669     Document Type: Article

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