Isolation and characterization of the mating-type locus of the barley pathogen Pyrenophora teres and frequencies of mating-type idiomorphs within and among fungal populations collected from barley landraces

Genome

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 855-869

  Rau, Domenico ^a   Maier, Frank J ^b   Papa, Roberto ^a   Brown, Anthony H D ^c   Balmas, Virgilio ^d   Saba, Eva ^d   Schaefer, Wilhelm ^b   Attene, Giovanna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

AFLPs; Barley; Mating types; Pyrenophora teres; Selection; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BARLEY; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX DOMAIN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HMG-BOX DOMAINS; HORDEUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; COCHLIOBOLUS; FUNGI; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; PHAEOSPHAERIA NODORUM; PLEOSPORA; PLEOSPORALES; PYRENOPHORA TERES;

EID: 33644514611     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/G05-046     Document Type: Article

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