The G-protein beta subunit GPB1 is required for mating and haploid fruiting in Cryptococcus neoformans.

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Published in Mol Cell Biol on January 01, 2000

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P Wang1, J R Perfect, J Heitman

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1: Department of Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.

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