Altering sexual reproductive mode by interspecific exchange of MAT loci

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 714-724

  Lu, Shun Wen ^a,d   Yun, Sung Hwan ^b   Lee, Theresa ^c   Turgeon, B Gillian ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochliobolus heterostrophus; Cochliobolus luttrellii; Filamentous ascomycetes; Heterothallic; Heterothallism; Homothallic; Homothallism; MAT; Mating; Mating type genes; Reproductive mode; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHLIOBOLUS; COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; COCHLIOBOLUS LUTTRELLII; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HETEROZYGOTE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; MAT1 1 1 GENE; MAT1 2 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SELFING; TRANSGENICS; WILD TYPE;

ASCOMYCOTA; GENE DELETION; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

ASCOMYCOTA; COCHLIOBOLUS; COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; COCHLIOBOLUS LUTTRELLII; FUNGI;

EID: 79956106882     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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