Extreme diversification of the mating type-high-mobility group (MATA-HMG) gene family in a plant-associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 254-268

  Riley, Rohan ^a   Charron, Philippe ^a   Idnurm, Alexander ^b   Farinelli, Laurent ^c   Dalpé, Yolande ^d   Martin, Francis ^e   Corradi, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c Fasteris   (Switzerland)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Ancient asexuals; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); Heterokaryosis; High mobility group proteins; Mating; Paralogy; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; RHIZOPHAGUS;

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANCIENT ASEXUALS; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI (AMF); ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL MATING TYPE GENE; GENETICS; GLOMEROMYCOTA; HETEROKARYOSIS; HIGH-MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; MATING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCORRHIZA; PARALOGY; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION; REPRODUCTION; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANCIENT ASEXUALS; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI (AMF); HETEROKARYOSIS; HIGH-MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; MATING; PARALOGY; RECOMBINATION;

DNA, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GLOMEROMYCOTA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCORRHIZAE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84888305153     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12462     Document Type: Article

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