Both mating types in the heterothallic fungus Ophiostoma quercus contain MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 genes

Fungal Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 427-437

  Wilken, P Markus ^a   Steenkamp, Emma T ^a   Hall, Tracy A ^a   De Beer, Z Wilhelm ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^a   Wingfield, Brenda D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fungal mating; MAT1 1; MAT1 2; Ophiostoma

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MATING BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS BREEDING; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPHIOSTOMA;

CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPHIOSTOMA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; OPHIOSTOMA; OPHIOSTOMA QUERCUS;

EID: 84857685268     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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