Cloning and analysis of the MAT1-2-1 gene from the traditional Chinese medicinal fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis

Fungal Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 708-714

  Zhang, Shu ^a,b   Zhang, Yong Jie ^a   Liu, Xing Zhong ^b   Wen, Hua An ^b   Wang, Mu ^c   Liu, Dian Sheng ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial cultivation; HMG box; MAT1 2 1; Mating type gene; Ophiocordyceps sinensis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID; CLONAL GROWTH; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DETECTION METHOD; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDICINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HYPOCREALES; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HYPOCREALES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

CORDYCEPS; CORDYCEPS MILITARIS; CORDYCEPS TAKAOMONTANA; FUNGI; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 79960723651     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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