Suppression and enhancement of the Aspergillus nidulans medusa mutation by altered dosage of the bristle and stunted genes.

doi:10.1093/genetics/143.1.155

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Suppression and enhancement of the Aspergillus nidulans medusa mutation by altered dosage of the bristle and stunted genes.

Genetics - 1 May 1996

Busby T M, Miller K Y, Miller B L

Abstract excerpt

Asexual reproduction in Aspergillus nidulans is characterized by the orderly differentiation of multicellular reproductive structures (conidiophores) and chains of uninucleate conidia (spores). Mutations in the developmental modifier medusa (medA) result in aberrant conidiophores with branching c...

Topics

Aspergillus nidulans
Fungal Proteins
Gene Dosage
Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
Genes, Fungal
Genotype
Mutation
Reproduction
Restriction Mapping
Suppression, Genetic
Transcription Factors
Transcription, Genetic
Zinc Fingers

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