A quick post of some recent comparative genomics papers on our desk that are worth a look.
- Khaldi N, Wolfe KH (2008) Elusive Origins of the Extra Genes in Aspergillus oryzae. PLoS ONE 3(8): e3036. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003036. This was a cool but somewhat controversal finding presented at Fungal Genetics last year.
- Casselton, LA. Fungal sex genes – searching for the ancestors. doi: 10.1002/bies.20782. A review of recent findings about the Zygomycete MAT locus.
- Soanes DM, Alam I, Cornell M, Wong HM, Hedeler C, et al. (2008) Comparative Genome Analysis of Filamentous Fungi Reveals Gene Family Expansions Associated with Fungal Pathogenesis. PLoS ONE 3(6): e2300. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002300
- Lee DW, Freitag M, Selker EU, Aramayo R (2008) A Cytosine Methyltransferase Homologue Is Essential for Sexual Development in Aspergillus nidulans. PLoS ONE 3(6): e2531. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002531
This review on transcription factors in fungi may be of interest:
Transcription factors in fungi
Ekaterina Shelest
FEMS Microbiology Letters
Volume 286 Issue 2 (September 2008)
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01293.x
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121377720/abstract
Sex on the brain, eh? Those same papers have been recently on my desk, too! (now where did they go?…)