Isolation and characterization of the mating-type (MAT) locus from Rhynchosporium secalis

Current Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 277-286

  Foster, Simon J ^a   Fitt, Bruce D L ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barley; Leaf scald discomycete; Mating type

Indexed keywords

DNA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MAT1 2 1 PROTEIN, FUNGAL; MAT1-2-1 PROTEIN, FUNGAL;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; DEUTEROMYCETES; DNA BINDING MOTIF; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; INTRON; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PYRENOPEZIZA BRASSICAE; RHYNCHOSPORIUM SECALIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAPESIA YALLUNDAE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MOLLISIA; OCULIMACULA YALLUNDAE; PYRENOPEZIZA; PYRENOPEZIZA BRASSICAE; RHYNCHOSPORIUM; RHYNCHOSPORIUM SECALIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 0346097977     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-003-0445-9     Document Type: Article

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