Sexual mating of Botrytis cinerea illustrates PRP8 intein HEG activity

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 392-398

  Bokor, Annika A M ^a   van Kan, Jan A L ^b   Poulter, Russell T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gene conversion; Homing; Homing endonuclease; Horizontal transfer; Intein; Prp8; Splicing

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; INTEIN; PROTEIN PRP8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE CONVERSION; HETEROZYGOTE; MATING TYPE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOTRYTIS; DNA, FUNGAL; ENDONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE CONVERSION; INTEINS; MEIOSIS;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA;

EID: 77649190197     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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