| Literature DB >> 25993917 |
Tim A Dahlmann1, Julia Böhm1, Kordula Becker1, Ulrich Kück2.
Abstract
The recent discovery and functional characterization of opposite mating-type loci in the industrial penicillin producer Penicillium chrysogenum demonstrated their regulatory role in sexual as well as asexual development. Subsequent experiments further showed that a sexual life cycle can be induced in P. chrysogenum that was for long believed to reproduce exclusively by asexual propagation. Finally, crossing of wild type and production strains resulted in the generation of recombinant ascospore isolates. We predict from these recent findings that recombinant progeny for industrial applications can be obtained by sexual crossings and discuss experimental difficulties that occur when parental strains with karyotype heterogeneity are used for mating.Entities:
Keywords: ChIP-seq; Karyotype heterogeneity; Mating; Penicillin; Penicillium chrysogenum; Sexual recombination
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25993917 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-015-0497-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Genet ISSN: 0172-8083 Impact factor: 3.886