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Control of mating and development in Ustilago maydis.
Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Oct 1995
Kahmann R, Romeis T, Bölker M, Kämper J
Abstract excerpt
In the fungus Ustilago maydis, the ability to distinguish between partners that are of the same or of different mating type is controlled by two mating-type loci. One locus allows extracellular recognition though a pheromone-based system. After cell fusion, the other mating-type locus, which exists in multiple alleles, determines intracellular recognition. Each allele encodes a pair of homeodomain proteins that...
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