The mating type locus (MAT) and sexual reproduction of Cryptococcus heveanensis: Insights into the evolution of sex and sex-determining chromosomal regions in fungi

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 14-

  Metin, Banu ^a   Findley, Keisha ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOSPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS HEVEANENSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SCREENING; KWONIELLA HEVEANENSIS; MATING TYPE LOCUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUALITY; TELEOMORPH; USTILAGO MAYDIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENDER AND SEX; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS HEVEANENSIS; FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

EID: 77953204250     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000961     Document Type: Article

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