Deletion of the MAT-2 mating-type gene during uni-directional mating-type switching in Ceratocystis

Current Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-52

  Witthuhn, R C ^a   Harrington, T C ^b   Wingfield, B D ^c   Steimel, J P ^b   Wingfield, M J ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ceratocystis; Gene deletion; Heterothallic; Homothallism; MAT 1; MAT 2; Mating type genes; Mating type switching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CERATOCYSTIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FERTILITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SWITCHING; MATING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ASCOMYCOTA; CERATOCYSTIS; CERATOCYSTIS EUCALYPTI; CERATOCYSTIS FIMBRIATA; CERATOCYSTIS PINICOLA; CERATOCYSTIS VIRESCENS; FUNGI; PINICOLA;

EID: 0033911191     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940000131     Document Type: Article

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