Structure and function of the mating-type locus in the homothallic ascomycete, Didymella zeae-maydis

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 814-820

  Yun, Sung Hwan ^a   Yoder, Olen C ^b,c   Gillian Turgeon, B ^b  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology ^*  (United States)

^c CELGENE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Didymella zeae maydis; homothallism; mating type genes; sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; FUNGAL MATING TYPE GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE ORDER; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84891587318     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 19763794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-013-3465-2     Document Type: Article

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