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Sexual Reproduction in Aspergillus and other Plectomycete Fungi

Reference	P16536
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Paul Dyer
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor David Archer
Institution	University of Nottingham
Department	Sch of Biosciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	189,460
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/10/2002
End date	31/03/2006
Duration	42 months

Abstract

Exciting progress has been made in cloning fungal mating-type genes, yielding insights into the evolution of specificity and internuclear recognition. We propose to make the first investigation of mating-type genes in Plectomycete fungi, a group including many industrially, medically and agronomically important species. This will be achieved using a novel Aspergillus MAT gene that we have isolated. Resulting data will be used to develop diagnostic markers to determine the distribution of mating type among populations of allied fungi including pathogenic Aspergillus and Erysiphe spp. This will give insights into their biology and disease control, allow exploitation of the sexual cycle and indicate fundamental reasons for asexuality.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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