Sexual reproduction and dimorphism in the pathogenic basidiomycetes

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-177

  Morrow, Carl A ^a   Fraser, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basidiomycota; Mating; Pathogenesis; Sexual reproduction; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL TYPE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE LOCUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MALASSEZIA; MATING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; REPRODUCTION; RHODOTORULA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SMUT (PLANT DISEASE); TRICHOSPORON; USTILAGO; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 59149085273     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2008.00475.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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