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The alpha-mating type locus of Cryptococcus neoformans contains a peptide pheromone gene.

1993-03-01

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The opportunistic fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans has two mating types, MATa and MAT alpha. The MAT alpha strains are more virulent. Mating of opposite mating type haploid yeast cells results in the production of a filamentous hyphal phase. The MAT alpha locus has been isolated in this study in order to identify the genetic differences between mating types and their contribution to virulence. A 138-bp frag...

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Literature Corpus work: 52937fbe-698b-50a0-9af9-f6c11da41482
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.3.1962

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