Molecular characterization of a heterothallic mating system in Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus causing white-nose syndrome of bats

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1755-1763

  Palmer, Jonathan M ^a   Kubatova, Alena ^b   Novakova, Alena ^c,d   Minnis, Andrew M ^a   Kolarik, Miroslav ^b,d   Lindner, Daniel L ^a  

^a Northern Research Station   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Genetics of sex; Geomyces; Mating type; Sexual reproduction; White nose syndrome

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BAT; FUNGAL MATING TYPE GENE; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS DESTRUCTANS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WHITE NOSE SYNDROME; ANIMAL; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

FUNGI; GEOMYCES; PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; CHIROPTERA; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; REPRODUCTION; RNA, FUNGAL;

EID: 84907426953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.114.012641     Document Type: Article

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