Meinhardt / Wessels Growth, Differentiation and Sexuality

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-3-662-11908-2
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 435 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: The Mycota

Mycology, the study of fungi, originated as a subdiscipline of botany and was a descriptive discipline, largely neglected as an experimental science until the early years of this century. A seminal paper by Blakeslee in 1904 provided evidence for self-incompatibility, termed "heterothallism", and stimulated interest in studies related to the control of sexual reproduction in fungi by mating-type specificities. Soon to follow was the demonstration that sexually reproducing fungi exhibit Mendelian inheritance and that it was possible to conduct formal genetic analysis with fungi. The names Burgeff, Kniep and Lindegren are all associated with this early period of fungal genetics research. These studies and the discovery of penicillin by Fleming, who shared a Nobel Prize in 1945, provided further impetus for experimental research with fungi. Thus began a period of interest in mutation induction and analysis of mutants for bio chemical traits. Such fundamental research, conducted largely with Neurospora crassa, led to the one gene: one enzyme hypothesis and to a second Nobel Prize for fungal research awarded to Beadle and Tatum in 1958. Fundamental research in biochemical genetics was extended to other fungi, especially to Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and by the mid-1960s fungal systems were much favored for studies in eukaryotic molecular biology and were soon able to compete with bacterial systems in the molecular arena.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meinhardt, Friedhelm

Wessels, Joseph G.H.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Vegetative Processes and Growth.- Cell Cycle Control in Yeasts.- Protein Secretion in Yeast.- The Cytoskeleton in Hyphal Growth, Organelle Movements, and Mitosis.- Osmotic Adjustment and the Role of Turgor in Mycelial Fungi.- Ionic and Electrical Dimensions of Hyphal Growth.- Biogenesis of the Fungal Cell Wall.- Apical Wall Biogenesis.- Yeast/Mycelial Dimorphism.- Translocation in Mycelia.- The Mycelium as an Integrated Entity.- Senescence of Mycelia.- Heterogenic Incompatibility in Fungi.- Reproductive Processes and Sexual Progression.- Regulation of Meiosis and Sporulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.- Regulation of Meiosis and Sporulation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.- Meiosis in Mycelial Fungi.- The Mating-Type Switch in Yeasts.- Mating-Type Genes in Mycelial Ascomycetes.- Mating-Type Genes in Homobasidiomycetes.- Mating-Type Genes in Heterobasidiomycetes.- Development of Conidia and Fruiting Bodies in Ascomycetes.- Development of Fruit Bodies in Homobasidiomycetes.- Stipe Elongation in Fruit Bodies.- Pheromones in Yeasts.- Hormones in Mycelial Fungi.- Hormonal Control of Sexual Dimorphism.

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