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Isolation of the MAT1-1 mating type idiomorph and evidence for selfing in the Chinese medicinal fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis.
Fungal biology - 1 Sept 2013
Bushley Kathryn E, Li Yi, Wang Wen-Jing, Wang Xiao-Liang, Jiao Lei, Spatafora Joseph W, Yao Yi-Jian
Abstract excerpt
Ophiocordyceps sinensis is one of the most valued medicinal fungi in China. Research on the mating system and sexual development is vitally important to this endangered species. Previous efforts devoted to investigate the mating type (MAT) locus of O. sinensis, however, resulted in an incomplete understanding. In this study, the MAT1-1 locus of O. sinensis was investigated. The conserved α-box and HMG-box regions...
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