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Presence and functionality of mating type genes in the supposedly asexual filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Apr 2012
Wada Ryuta, Maruyama Jun-Ichi, Yamaguchi Haruka, Yamamoto Nanase, Wagu Yutaka, Paoletti Mathieu, Archer David B, Dyer Paul S, Kitamoto Katsuhiko
Abstract excerpt
The potential for sexual reproduction in Aspergillus oryzae was assessed by investigating the presence and functionality of MAT genes. Previous genome studies had identified a MAT1-1 gene in the reference strain RIB40. We now report the existence of a complementary MAT1-2 gene and the sequencing of an idiomorphic region from A. oryzae strain AO6. This allowed the development of a PCR diagnostic assay, which...
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