Characterization and population analysis of the mating-type genes in Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1292-1299

  Ramirez Prado, Jorge H ^a   Moore, Geromy G ^a   Horn, Bruce W ^b   Carbone, Ignazio ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PEANUT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungi; Haplotype; Heterothallic; Homothallic; Vegetative compatibility

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; MAT1 PROTEIN; MAT2 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; MATING TYPE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PEANUT; PETROMYCES ALLIACEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; FUNGI; PETROMYCES ALLIACEUS;

EID: 50349095793     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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