Self/nonself recognition in Tuber melanosporum is not mediated by a heterokaryon incompatibility system

Fungal Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-275

  Iotti, Mirco ^a   Rubini, Andrea ^b   Tisserant, Emilie ^c   Kholer, Annegret ^c   Paolocci, Francesco ^b   Zambonelli, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Ankyrin repeat; HET domain; Microexon genes; NACHT domain; Truffle

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ALLELE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INCOMPATIBILITY; POLYMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASCOMYCOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TUBER (TRUFFLE); TUBER MELANOSPORUM;

EID: 84856331791     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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