Molecular and genetic evidence for a tetrapolar mating system in the basidiomycetous yeast Kwoniella mangrovensis and two novel sibling species

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 746-760

  Guerreiro, Marco A ^a   Springer, Deborah J ^b   Rodrigues, Joana A ^a   Rusche, Laura N ^b,c   Findley, Keisha ^b,d   Heitman, Joseph ^b   Fonseca, Álvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC LOCI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY;

CRYPTOCOCCUS (TREMELLALES); CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; TREMELLALES;

EID: 84876816914     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00065-13     Document Type: Article

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