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Evolution and diversity of a fungal self/nonself recognition locus.
PloS one - 19 Nov 2010
Hall Charles, Welch Juliet, Kowbel David J, Glass N Louise
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Self/nonself discrimination is an essential feature for pathogen recognition and graft rejection and is a ubiquitous phenomenon in many organisms. Filamentous fungi, such as Neurospora crassa, provide a model for analyses of population genetics/evolution of self/nonself recognition loci due to their haploid nature, small genomes and excellent genetic/genomic resources. In N. crassa, nonself...
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