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A chimeric homeodomain protein causes self-compatibility and constitutive sexual development in the mushroom Coprinus cinereus.
The EMBO journal - 1 Sept 1994
Kües U, Göttgens B, Stratmann R, Richardson W V, O'Shea S F, Casselton L A
Abstract excerpt
The A mating type genes of the mushroom Coprinus cinereus encode two classes of putative transcription factor with distinctive homeodomain motifs (HD1 and HD2). A successful mating brings together different allelic forms of these genes and this triggers part of a developmental sequence required for sexual reproduction. In this report we provide evidence that this developmental programme is promoted by a physical...
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