DNA loss at the Ceratocystis fimbriata mating locus results in self-sterility

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Wilken, P Markus ^a   Steenkamp, Emma T ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^a   De Beer, Z Wilhelm ^a   Wingfield, Brenda D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CERATOCYSTIS FIMBRIATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LOSS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SWITCHING; MAT1 1 1 GENE; MAT1 1 2 GENE; MAT1 2 1 GENE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ASCOMYCETES; FERTILITY; FUNGAL MATING TYPE GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; FERTILITY; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC LOCI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84925282993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092180     Document Type: Article

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