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. 2015 May 5;6(3):e00583-15.
doi: 10.1128/mBio.00583-15.

Pondering Mating: Pneumocystis jirovecii, the Human Lung Pathogen, Selfs without Mating Type Switching, in Contrast to Its Close Relative Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Patrik Inderbitzin  1 , B Gillian Turgeon  2
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Pondering Mating: Pneumocystis jirovecii, the Human Lung Pathogen, Selfs without Mating Type Switching, in Contrast to Its Close Relative Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Patrik Inderbitzin et al. mBio. .
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Mating type locus organization in select species mentioned in the text. The phylogenetic relationship of the species is given on the left, and mating type arrangements are on the right. Boxes correspond to mating type genes, and gene names are within the boxes. Red boxes encode alpha1 (α1) domain proteins, blue boxes high-mobility-group (HMG) box proteins, yellow boxes amphipathic alpha-helix proteins, green boxes homeobox proteins, and white boxes proteins with other or unknown domains. An “X” signifies a silent mating type locus. Horizontal lines between the boxes correspond to noncoding regions or non-mating type genes. Dashed lines indicate unknown DNA sequence, and an asterisk between boxes means that mating type genes are unlinked. For species with more than one mating type allele, both alleles, including allele designations, are provided. Gene diagrams are not to scale. “Hetero” stands for heterothallic, “Homo” for primary homothallic, and “Homo/switching” for homothallic by switching. Ascomycete subphyla are indicated by vertical lines on the right. For references, see the text. The phylogenetic topology is based on the work of Schoch et al. (42). S. herbarum, Stemphylium herbarum; S. macrospora, Sordaria macrospora; N. crassa, Neurospora crassa.
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