Evolution of the mating type locus: Insights gained from the dimorphic primary fungal pathogens Histoplasma capsulatum, Coccidioides immitis, and Coccidioides posadasii

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 622-629

  Fraser, James A ^a   Stajich, Jason E ^b   Tarcha, Eric J ^c   Cole, Garry T ^c   Inglis, Diane O ^d   Sil, Anita ^d   Heitman, Joseph ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; COCCIDIOIDES; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HISTOPLASMA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHROMOSOME;

ASCOMYCOTA; COCCIDIOIDES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMA; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ASCOMYCOTA; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; FUNGI;

EID: 34247859117     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00018-07     Document Type: Article

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