Molecular genetics of sexual development in the mushroom Coprinus cinereus

@article{citeulike:984757, abstract = {Sexual development in the mushroom Coprinus cinereus is under the control of two mating type loci, A and B. When two haploid homokaryons with compatible alleles at both A and B loci are mated, the coordinated activities of A- and B-regulated pathways lead to formation of a mycelium termed the dikaryon, in which the two nuclei from the mating partners pair in each cell without fusing. The dikaryon is a prolonged mycelial stage that can be induced to develop a multicellular structure, the mushroom, under proper environmental conditions. The two nuclei fuse in specialized cells on the mushroom and immediately undergo meiosis to complete the sexual life cycle. It has been established recently that the A genes encode two classes of homeodomain proteins while the B genes encode pheromones and their receptors. More recently, molecular genetics has been used to reveal genes that work downstream of the mating type genes to regulate dikaryon formation, mushroom morphogenesis, and meiosis. BioEssays 24:449-459, 2002. {\copyright} 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.}, address = {Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan}, author = {Kamada, Takashi }, citeulike-article-id = {984757}, doi = {10.1002/bies.10083}, journal = {BioEssays}, keywords = {coprinus, development, fungi, multicellular, mushroom, sexual\_development}, number = {5}, pages = {449--459}, posted-at = {2006-12-08 20:25:23}, priority = {2}, title = {Molecular genetics of sexual development in the mushroom Coprinus cinereus}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.10083}, volume = {24}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:984757 L3 - citeulike-article-id:984757 TI - Molecular genetics of sexual development in the mushroom Coprinus cinereus JF - BioEssays VL - 24 IS - 5 SP - 449 EP - 459 AD - Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan N2 - Sexual development in the mushroom Coprinus cinereus is under the control of two mating type loci, A and B. When two haploid homokaryons with compatible alleles at both A and B loci are mated, the coordinated activities of A- and B-regulated pathways lead to formation of a mycelium termed the dikaryon, in which the two nuclei from the mating partners pair in each cell without fusing. The dikaryon is a prolonged mycelial stage that can be induced to develop a multicellular structure, the mushroom, under proper environmental conditions. The two nuclei fuse in specialized cells on the mushroom and immediately undergo meiosis to complete the sexual life cycle. It has been established recently that the A genes encode two classes of homeodomain proteins while the B genes encode pheromones and their receptors. More recently, molecular genetics has been used to reveal genes that work downstream of the mating type genes to regulate dikaryon formation, mushroom morphogenesis, and meiosis. BioEssays 24:449-459, 2002. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. KW - coprinus KW - development KW - fungi KW - multicellular KW - mushroom KW - sexual_development AU - Kamada, Takashi PY - 2002/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.10083 ER -