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A mutant defective in sexual development produces aseptate ascogonia.
Eukaryotic cell - 1 Dec 2010
Bloemendal Sandra, Lord Kathryn M, Rech Christine, Hoff Birgit, Engh Ines, Read Nick D, Kück Ulrich
Abstract excerpt
The transition from the vegetative to the sexual cycle in filamentous ascomycetes is initiated with the formation of ascogonia. Here, we describe a novel type of sterile mutant from Sordaria macrospora with a defect in ascogonial septum formation. This mutant, named pro22, produces only small, defective protoperithecia and carries a point mutation in a gene encoding a protein that is highly conserved throughout...
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