Article
Isolation and molecular characterization of the Aspergillus nidulans wA gene.
Genetics - 1 Sept 1990
Mayorga M E, Timberlake W E
Abstract excerpt
The walls of Aspergillus nidulans conidia contain a green pigment that protects the spores from damage by ultraviolet light. At least two genes, wA and yA, are required for pigment synthesis: yA mutants produce yellow spores, wA mutants produce white spores, and wA mutations are epistatic to yA mutations. We cloned wA by genetic complementation of the wA3 mutation with a cosmid library containing nuclear DNA...
Topics
- Aspergillus nidulans
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cosmids
- Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
- Genes, Fungal
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Mutation
- Pigments, Biological
- Restriction Mapping
- Spores, Fungal
- Transcription, Genetic