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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-11-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2988816?pdf=render |