Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0083, South Africa.
Genes (Basel). 2019 Apr 30;10(5):330. doi: 10.3390/genes10050330.
Sexual reproduction in filamentous ascomycete fungi results in the production of highly specialized sexual tissues, which arise from relatively simple, vegetative mycelia. This conversion takes place after the recognition of and response to a variety of exogenous and endogenous cues, and relies on very strictly regulated gene, protein, and metabolite pathways. This makes studying sexual development in fungi an interesting tool in which to study gene-gene, gene-protein, and protein-metabolite interactions. This review provides an overview of some of the most important genes involved in this process; from those involved in the conversion of mycelia into sexually-competent tissue, to those involved in the development of the ascomata, the asci, and ultimately, the ascospores.
丝状子囊菌的有性生殖导致高度特化的有性组织的产生，这些组织源自相对简单的营养菌丝体。这种转化发生在识别和响应各种外源性和内源性线索之后，并且依赖于非常严格调控的基因、蛋白质和代谢物途径。因此，研究真菌的有性发育是研究基因-基因、基因-蛋白质和蛋白质-代谢物相互作用的一个有趣工具。本文综述了参与这一过程的一些最重要的基因；从那些参与将菌丝体转化为有性组织的基因，到那些参与子囊果、子囊和最终的子囊孢子发育的基因。
