The genome of the xerotolerant mold Wallemia sebi reveals adaptations to osmotic stress and suggests cryptic sexual reproduction

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-226

  Padamsee, Mahajabeen ^a,i   Kumar, Arun T K ^b   Riley, Robert ^c   Binder, Manfred ^d   Boyd, Alex ^e   Calvo, Ana M ^f   Furukawa, Kentaro ^g   Hesse, Cedar ^e   Hohmann, Stefan ^g   James, Tim Y ^h   LaButti, Kurt ^c   Lapidus, Alla ^c,j   Lindquist, Erika ^c   Lucas, Susan ^c   Miller, Kari ^b   Shantappa, Sourabha ^f   Grigoriev, Igor V ^c   Hibbett, David S ^d   McLaughlin, David J ^b   Spatafora, Joseph W ^e   Aime, M Catherine ^a   more..

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^j FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Aqua(glycero)porins; Electron microscopy; Halophile; Ion homeostasis; Solute accumulation; Xerophile

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMEODOMAIN GENE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOULD; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; WALLEMIA SEBI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOME, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRODUCTION; WATER;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; TREMELLA; WALLEMIA; WALLEMIA SEBI;

EID: 84862831566     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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