Characterisation of the mating-type locus in the genus Xanthoria (lichen-forming ascomycetes, Lecanoromycetes)

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 976-988

  Scherrer, Sandra ^a   Zippler, Undine ^a   Honegger, Rosmarie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

domain; HMG box; Idiomorph; MAT locus; Mating type gene; Xanthoria elegans; Xanthoria flammea; Xanthoria parietina; Xanthoria polycarpa

Indexed keywords

DNA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; LYASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENOMICS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX DOMAIN; LICHEN; MATING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XANTHORIA ELEGANS; XANTHORIA FLAMMEA; XANTHORIA PARIETINA; XANTHORIA POLYCARPA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE LIBRARY; GENE ORDER; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; LECANOROMYCETES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XANTHORIA; XANTHORIA ELEGANS; XANTHORIA FLAMMEA; XANTHORIA PARIETINA; XANTHORIA POLYCARPA;

EID: 27844448096     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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