Article
A fungal gene for antibiotic resistance on a dispensable ("B") chromosome.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 20 Dec 1991
Miao V P, Covert S F, VanEtten H D
Abstract excerpt
A family of cytochrome P-450 (Pda) genes in the pathogenic fungus Nectria haematococca is responsible for the detoxification of the phytoalexin pisatin, an antimicrobial compound produced by garden pea (Pisum sativum L.). The Pda6 gene was mapped by electrophoretic karyotype analysis to a small meiotically unstable chromosome that is dispensable for normal growth. Such traits are typical of B chromosomes. The...
Topics
- Benzopyrans
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Fungal
- Crosses, Genetic
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Fabaceae
- Genes, Fungal
- Hypocreales
- Karyotyping
- Phenotype
