Presence and functionality of mating type genes in the supposedly asexual filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2819-2829

  Wada, Ryuta ^a   Maruyama, Jun Ichi ^a   Yamaguchi, Haruka ^a   Yamamoto, Nanase ^a   Wagu, Yutaka ^b   Paoletti, Mathieu ^c   Archer, David B ^c   Dyer, Paul S ^c   Kitamoto, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Bio'c Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BREEDING SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS; DNA MICRO-ARRAY; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; GENE REPLACEMENT; GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; HOST STRAIN; ISOGENIC STRAIN; Q-RT-PCR; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; REFERENCE STRAINS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SOY SAUCE;

ASPERGILLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GENE EXPRESSION;

FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CHEMISTRY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD CONTROL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI;

EID: 84861114267     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07034-11     Document Type: Article

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