Article
Control of mating and development in Ustilago maydis.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - 1 Jan 1994
Spellig T, Regenfelder E, Reichmann M, Schauwecker F, Bohlmann R, Urban M, Bölker M, Kämper J, Kahmann R
Abstract excerpt
In Ustilago maydis the a and b mating type loci control pathogenicity as well as sexual development. We review the function of these loci in controlling the cell fusion step, the switch from yeast-like to filamentous growth and subsequent pathogenic development. Our special emphasis will be the r...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Genes, Fungal
- Genes, Mating Type, Fungal
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Pheromones
- Signal Transduction
- Ustilago
- Virulence
- Zea mays