Further evidence for sexual reproduction in Rhynchosporium secalis based on distribution and frequency of mating-type alleles

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-125

  Linde, Celeste C ^a   Zala, Marcello ^a   Ceccarelli, Sara ^a   McDonald, Bruce A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HMG domain; MAT locus; Mating type frequency; Mating type gene; Rhynchosporium secalis; Sexual reproduction; Domain

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CELL CYCLE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX DOMAIN; MATING TYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RHYNCHOSPORIUM SECALIS; SCALD;

FUNGI; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; RHYNCHOSPORIUM; RHYNCHOSPORIUM SECALIS;

EID: 0141516266     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(03)00110-5     Document Type: Article

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