Genome characteristics reveal the impact of lichenization on lichen-forming fungus Endocarpon pusillum Hedwig (Verrucariales, Ascomycota)

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Yan Yan ^a,b   Liu, Bin ^c   Zhang, Xin Yu ^a   Zhou, Qi Ming ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a,b   Li, Hui ^a,b   Yu, Yu Fei ^a   Zhang, Xiao Ling ^a   Hao, Xi Yan ^c   Wang, Meng ^c   Wang, Lei ^c   Wei, Jiang Chun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lichenization; Mycobiont; Photosynthetic products; Phycobiont; Symbiosis; Symbiosis related gene

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LECTIN; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOSPHAERA CHODATII; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ENDOCARPON PUSILLUM; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; HETEROKARYON; LICHEN (ORGANISM); LICHENIZATION; MATING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA SEQUENCE; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALGAE; ASCOMYCOTA; CHLOROPHYTA; ENDOCARPON; FUNGI; VERRUCARIALES;

ASCOMYCOTA; CHLOROPHYTA; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DROUGHTS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOME, FUNGAL; MONOSACCHARIDES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; RNA SPLICING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84892459760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-34     Document Type: Article

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