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Mating-Type Locus Organization and Mating-Type Chromosome Differentiation in the Bipolar Edible Button Mushroom Agaricus bisporus.
Genes - 16 Jul 2021
Foulongne-Oriol Marie, Taskent Ozgur, Kües Ursula, Sonnenberg Anton S M, van Peer Arend F, Giraud Tatiana
Abstract excerpt
In heterothallic basidiomycete fungi, sexual compatibility is restricted by mating types, typically controlled by two loci: PR, encoding pheromone precursors and pheromone receptors, and HD, encoding two types of homeodomain transcription factors. We analysed the single mating-type locus of the commercial button mushroom variety, Agaricus bisporus var. bisporus, and of the related variety burnettii. We identified...
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