Functional analysis of the mating type genes in Verticillium dahliae.
Ya-Duo ZhangXiao-Bin JiJuan ZongXiao-Feng DaiSteven J KlostermanKrishna V SubbaraoDan-Dan ZhangJie-Yin ChenPublished in: BMC biology (2024)
These findings underscore the potential roles of VdMAT1-1-1 and VdMAT1-2-1 in sexual reproduction and confirm their involvement in various asexual processes of V. dahliae, offering novel insights into the functions of mating type genes in this species.