Expression of A mating type genes of Coprinus cinereus in a heterologous basidiomycete host.

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Expression of A mating type genes of Coprinus cinereus in a heterologous basidiomycete host.

Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 1 Nov 1993

Challen M P, Elliott T J, Kües U, Casselton L A

Abstract excerpt

The A mating factor of Coprinus cinereus determines compatibility in mating by regulating part of a developmental sequence that leads to dikaryon formation. The A genes that trigger development encode two different classes of homeodomain proteins, and for a successful mating, a protein of one cla...

Topics

Cloning, Molecular
Coprinus
Genes, Fungal
Genes, Mating Type, Fungal
Phenotype
Reproduction
Transformation, Genetic

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