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Orchestration of sexual reproduction and virulence by the fungal mating-type locus [PDF]
Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2008 The mating-type locus (MAT) orchestrates sexual reproduction in fungi. Sexual reproduction is related not only to fitness of an organism, but also correlated with virulence in certain pathogens. In the dandruff-associated fungus Malassesia globosa, although the sexual cycle remains to be discovered, whole genome analysis has led to the hypothesis that ...
Hsueh, Y. ; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9052-5411 +1 more
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Evolution of sexes from an ancestral mating-type specification pathway.
PLoS Biology, 2014 Male and female sexes have evolved repeatedly in eukaryotes but the origins of dimorphic sexes and their relationship to mating types in unicellular species are not understood.
Sa Geng, Peter De Hoff, James G Umen
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Control of STA1 gene expression by the mating-type locus in yeasts [PDF]
Journal of Bacteriology, 1985 Extracellular production of glucoamylase from the yeast Saccharomyces diastaticus carrying an STA1 gene (a structural gene for the enzyme) is repressed by the mating-type constitution a/alpha. We obtained mutants that were relieved from the mating-type control of the STA1 gene expression.
I, Yamashita, Y, Takano, S, Fukui
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Genetic and Molecular Evidence of a Tetrapolar Mating System in the Edible Mushroom Grifola frondosa
Journal of Fungi, 2023 Grifola frondosa is a valuable edible fungus with high nutritional and medicinal values. The mating systems of fungi not only offer practical strategies for breeding, but also have far-reaching effects on genetic variability.
Shuang-Shuang Zhang +7 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Transposable elements (TEs) play a pivotal role in shaping diversity in eukaryotic genomes. The covered smut pathogen on barley, Ustilago hordei, encountered a recent genome expansion. Using long reads, we assembled genomes of 6 U.
J. R. L. Depotter +6 more
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Virulence attributes and hyphal growth of C. neoformans are quantitative traits and the MATalpha allele enhances filamentation. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2006 Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal human pathogen with a bipolar mating system. It undergoes a dimorphic transition from a unicellular yeast to hyphal filamentous growth during mating and monokaryotic fruiting. The traditional sexual cycle that leads to
Xiaorong Lin +3 more
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mBio, 2016 It has been proposed that the ancestral fungus was mating competent and homothallic. However, many mating-competent fungi were initially classified as asexual because their mating capacity was hidden behind layers of regulation.
Yuan Sun +6 more
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Structure, function, and phylogeny of the mating locus in the Rhizopus oryzae complex. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 The Rhizopus oryzae species complex is a group of zygomycete fungi that are common, cosmopolitan saprotrophs. Some strains are used beneficially for production of Asian fermented foods but they can also act as opportunistic human pathogens.
Andrii P Gryganskyi +8 more
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Allelic exchange of pheromones and their receptors reprograms sexual identity in Cryptococcus neoformans. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2010 Cell type specification is a fundamental process that all cells must carry out to ensure appropriate behaviors in response to environmental stimuli.
Brynne C Stanton +4 more
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The genetic structure of the A mating-type locus of Lentinula edodes
Gene, 2014 The Shiitake mushroom, Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler is a tetrapolar basidiomycete with two unlinked mating-type loci, commonly called the A and B loci. Identifying the mating-types in shiitake is important for enhancing the breeding and cultivation of this economically-important edible mushroom.
Au, C.H. +17 more
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