Evolutionary analysis of hydrophobin gene family in two wood-degrading basidiomycetes, Phlebia brevispora and Heterobasidion annosum s.l.

Mgbeahuruike, Anthony C.; Kovalchuk, Andriy; Chen, Hongxin; Ubhayasekera, Wimal; Asiegbu, Fred O.

doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-240

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Evolutionary analysis of hydrophobin gene family in two wood-degrading basidiomycetes, Phlebia brevispora and Heterobasidion annosum s.l.

Mgbeahuruike, Anthony C.; Kovalchuk, Andriy; Chen, Hongxin; Ubhayasekera, Wimal; Asiegbu, Fred O.

Sammanfattning

Conclusions: A considerable expansion of the hydrophobin-encoding genes in basidiomycetes has been observed. The distribution and number of hydrophobin-encoding genes in the analyzed species may be connected to their ecological preferences. Results of our analysis also have shown that H. annosum s.l. hydrophobin-encoding genes may be under positive selection. Our gene expression analysis revealed differential expression of H. annosum s.s. hydrophobin genes under different growth conditions, indicating their possible functional diversification.

Nyckelord

Hydrophobins; Gene evolution; Basidiomycetes; Ascomycetes; Pathogen

Publicerad i

BMC Evolutionary Biology
2013, Volym: 13
Utgivare: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD

SLU författare

Ubhayasekera, Wimal
- Institutionen för molekylärbiologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

UKÄ forskningsämne

Evolutionsbiologi
Genetik

Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-240

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