Causes and consequences of variability in peptide mating pheromones of ascomycete fungi

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1987-2003

  Martin, Simon H ^a   Wingfield, Brenda D ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^a   Steenkamp, Emma T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

factor; a factor; Ascomycota; Gibberella fujikuroi; pheromone precursor

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUSARIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DUPLICATION; GIBBERELLA; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, MATING FACTOR; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI COMPLEX;

EID: 79959446373     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr022     Document Type: Article

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