Article
Molecular analysis of the Coprinus cinereus mating type A factor demonstrates an unexpectedly complex structure.
Genetics - 1 Jul 1991
May G, Le Chevanton L, Pukkila P J
Abstract excerpt
We report here the molecular cloning of the A43 mating type factor from Coprinus cinereus, a basidiomycetous fungus. Our molecular analyses revealed an unexpected source of variation in the A factor. Though genetic studies have demonstrated that A has two subunits, alpha and beta, we located three nonoverlapping fragments in the A43 region that have A factor function following DNA-mediated transformation. The...
Topics
- Biological Evolution
- Blotting, Southern
- Cloning, Molecular
- Coprinus
- Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
- Genes, Fungal
- Genes, Mating Type, Fungal
- Genetic Variation
- Mating Factor
- Mutation
- Peptides