Patterns of mating and mitochondrial DNA inheritance in the agaric Basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus.

Three subfamilies of pheromone and receptor genes generate multiple B mating specificities in the mushroom Coprinus cinereus.

The B mating type locus of the basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus encodes a large family of lipopeptide pheromones and their seven transmembrane domain receptors. Here we show that the B42 locus, like the previously described B6 locus, derives its unique specificity from nine multiallelic genes that are organized into three subgroups each comprising a receptor and two pheromone genes. We show that...

Recombination and Variation at the A Mating-Type of Coprinus cinereus

The molecular basis of variability at the Coprinus cinereus A mating-type was investigated. The A mating-type controls sexual compatibility in this basidiomycete fungus and, like the S loci of many plants, displays quite high levels of variation in natural populations. The A mating-type is a complex locus made up of a number of genes arranged in gene pairs. We determined the role of recombinati...

An endo-exonuclease from meiotic tissues of the basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus. Its purification and characterization.

An endo-exonuclease has been identified and partially purified from the basidiocarp tissues of the basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus, which include synchronous meiosis at karyogamy-pachytene stages. Its peak activity appears during the meiotic prophase. The Coprinus endo-exonuclease has a single-strand specific endonuclease activity that converts the supercoiled DNA to relaxed DNA. The endonucleo...

Inheritance of chromosome-length polymorphisms in Coprinus cinereus.

We have investigated the inheritance of chromosome-length polymorphisms in the basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus. The electrophoretic karyotypes of interfertile strains of C. cinereus are strikingly different, and crosses between strains with different karyotypes yield progeny with chromosomes of new sizes. Repeated backcrossing of a mutant to one parent often stabilizes the mutant chromosome at ...

Ursula Kües Coprinus cinereus in the Basidiomycete Life History and Developmental Processes