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SUBMITTER: McClelland CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1462016 | biostudies-other | 2002 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
McClelland Carol M CM Fu Jianmin J Woodlee Gay L GL Seymour Tara S TS Wickes Brian L BL
Genetics 20020301 3
Cryptococcus neoformans is a heterothallic basidiomycete with two mating types, MATa and MATalpha. The mating pathway of this fungus has a number of conserved genes, including a MATalpha-specific pheromone (MFalpha1). A modified differential display strategy was used to identify a gene encoding the MATa pheromone. The gene, designated MFa1, is 42 amino acids in length and contains a conserved farnesylation motif. MFa1 is present in three linked copies that span a 20-kb fragment of MATa-specific ...[more]