Table 1.
Transcription factors needed for cell fusion
| Gene name (locus no.)a | Mutant characteristic |
Verification by complementation exptb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAT formation | Growth (mm/h) | Phenotypec | ||
| Wild type | Yes | 2.46 | Wild type | |
| adv-1 (NCU07392)* | No | 0.23 | Fc Pd | No |
| ada-3 (NCU02896)* | No | 0.27 | Fc Pd | No |
| rco-1 (NCU06205) | No | 0.04 | Fc Pd aconidial | Verified by RIP mutation† |
| snf5 (NCU00421)* | No | 0.19 | Fc Pd | No |
a
Asterisks mark genes newly identified by the screening procedure as required for cell fusion.
b
A dagger indicates that the gene was identified previously as required for cell fusion.
c
Fc, flat conidiation phenotype; Pd, delayed or absent protoperithecium development.