Evolution and diversity of a fungal self/nonself recognition locus.

Self/nonself discrimination is an essential feature for pathogen recognition and graft rejection and is a ubiquitous phenomenon in many organisms. Filamentous fungi, such as Neurospora crassa, provide a model for analyses of population genetics/evolution of self/nonself recognition loci due to their...

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Main Authors: Charles Hall, Juliet Welch, David J Kowbel, N Louise Glass
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2988816?pdf=render