Evolution of multispecific mating-type alleles for pheromone perception in the homobasidiomycete fungi

Current Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 268-275

  Kothe, Erika ^a   Gola, Susanne ^a   Wendland, Jürgen ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homobasidiomycete; Mating type gene evolution; Pheromone receptor

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR; PHEROMONE;

ALLELE; BASE PAIRING; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPRINUS CINEREUS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MATING TYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; COPRINUS; FUNGI; HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES; PROKARYOTA; SCHIZOPHYLLUM; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE;

EID: 0037296397     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-002-0352-5     Document Type: Review

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