Mating pheromone a-factor; made by a cells; interacts with alpha cells to induce cell cycle arrest and other responses leading to mating; biogenesis involves C-terminal modification, N-terminal proteolysis, and export; also encoded by MFA1 [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005089]
Chromosome XIV: 352,414-352,530 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006947.3
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 4 orthologues and 1 paralogue.