Fungal Genomics

333 Pages·2003·21.39 MB·English

by  Dilip K. Arora and George G. Khachatourians (Eds.)

APPLIED MYCOLOGY
AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
VOLUME 3
FUNGAL GENOMICS
APPLIED MYCOLOGY
AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
VOLUME 3
FUNGAL GENOMICS
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APPLIED MYCOLOGY
AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
VOLUME 3
FUNGAL GENOMICS
Edited by
Dilip K. Arora
Department of Botany
Banaras Hindu University
India
George G. Khachatourians
Department of Applied Microbiology and Food Sciences
College of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
2003
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Editors
Dilip K. Arora
Department of Botany
Banaras Hindu University
India
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George G. Khachatourians
Department of Applied Microbiology
and Food Sciences
College of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada
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Editorial Board
Deepak Bhatnagar USDA/ARS, New Orleans, USA.
Thomas E. Cleveland USDA/ARS, New Orleans, USA.
Eric A. Johnson University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
Etta Kafer Simon Fraser University, Canada.
Christian P. Kubicek Technical University of Vienna, Austria.
B. Franz Lang Universite de Montreal, Canada.
M. Hyakumachi Gifu University, Japan.
Mary Anne Nelson University of New Mexico, USA.
Helena Nevalainen Macquarie University, Australia.
Nicholas J. Talbot University of Exeter, U.K.
P. Tudzynski Institut fiir Botanik, Miinster, Germany.
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Contents
Editorial Board for Volume 3 v
Contents vii
Contributors ix
Preface xiii
Fungal Genomics: An Overview 1
Anne E. Desjardins and Deepak Bhatnagar
Meiotic Recombination in Fungi: Mechanisms and Controls of
Crossing-Over and Gene Conversion 15
Bernard Lamb
Molecular Genetics of Circadian Rhythms in Neurospora crassa 43
Alejandro Correa, Andrew V. Greene, Zachary A. Lewis
and Deborah Bell-Pedersen
Genome Sequencing, Assembly and Gene Prediction in Fungi 65
Brendan Loftus
Fungal Transposable Elements: Inducers of Mutations
and Molecular Tools 83
Frank Kempken
Fungal Mitochondrial Genomes, Plasmids and Introns 101
Georg Hausner
Evolution of the Fungi and Mitochondrial Genomes 133
Charles E. Bullerwell, Jessica Leigh, Elias Seif, Joyce E. Longcore
and B. Franz Lang
Ribosome Biogenesis in Yeast: rRNA Processing and Quality Control 161
Ross N. Nazar
Fungal Pathogenicity Genes 187
Paul Tudzynski and Amir Sharon
Genetic Improvement of Baker's Yeasts 213
Paul V. Attfield and Philip J.L. Bell
Enzyme Production in Industrial Fungi: Molecular Genetic Strategies
for Integrated Strain Improvement 241
K.M. Helena Nevalainen and Valentino S. Jnr. Te 'o
Global Expression Profiling of the Lignin Degrading Fungus
Ceriporiopsis subvermispora for the Discovery of Novel Enzymes 261
Debbie Sue Yaver, Barbara Weber and JeffMurrell
Microarrays: Technologies and Applications 271
Leming Shi, Weiming Hu, Zhenqiang Su, Xianping Lu and Weida Tong
Fungal Germplasm and Databases 295
Kevin McCluskey
Keyword Index 311
Contributors
Paul V. Attfield Microbiogen Pty Ltd, c/- Department of Biological Sciences,
Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
([email protected])
Philip J. L. Bell Microbiogen Pty Ltd, c/- Department of Biological Sciences,
Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
([email protected])
Deborah Bell-Pedersen Program in Biological Clocks, Department of Biology,
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, USA
([email protected])
Deepak Bhatnagar U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service,
Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans,
LA 70124, USA
([email protected])
Charles E. BuUerwell Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Dalhousie University, Halifax (Nova Scotia),
B3H 4R2 Canada
Alejandro Correa Program in Biological Clocks, Department of Biology,
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, USA
([email protected])
Anne E. Desjardins U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service,
National Center for Agriculture Utilization Research, Peoria,
IL 61604, USA
([email protected])
Andrew V. Greene Program in Biological Clocks, Department of Biology,
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Georg Hausner Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
([email protected])