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Cell and nuclear recognition mechanisms mediated by mating type in filamentous ascomycetes
1Department of Botany, The Biotechnology Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. ktshiu@interchange.ub
Current Opinion in Microbiology
|April 4, 2000
Abstract:
Sexual development in filamentous ascomycetes requires mating-type genes to mediate recognition of compatible cell and nuclear types. Characterization of mating-type genes from various fungi shows that they primarily encode transcriptional regulators. Recent studies on mating-type-specific pheromones and internuclear recognition have shed light on how mating-type genes specify mating and nuclear identity in filamentous ascomycetes.