Article
The origin of multiple B mating specificities in Coprinus cinereus.
Genetics - 1 Jul 2005
Riquelme Meritxell, Challen Michael P, Casselton Lorna A, Brown Andrew J
Abstract excerpt
Mushrooms, such as Coprinus cinereus, possess large families of pheromones and G-protein-coupled receptors that are sequestered at the B mating-type locus and whose function is to confer vast numbers of different mating types. This ability results from complex patterns of cognate and noncognate pheromone/receptor pairings, which potentially offer a unique insight into the molecular interaction between receptor...
Topics
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Coprinus
- DNA Primers
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Components
- Genes, Mating Type, Fungal
- Likelihood Functions
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Pheromones
- Phylogeny
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
- Reproduction
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology