Previous Article | Next Article ![]()
Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Apr 1995, 1323-1330, Vol 61, No. 4
NL Glass and GC Donaldson
We constructed nine sets of oligonucleotide primers on the basis of the
results of DNA hybridization of cloned genes from Neurospora crassa and
Aspergillus nidulans to the genomes of select filamentous ascomycetes and
deuteromycetes (with filamentous ascomycete affiliations). Nine sets of
primers were designed to amplify segments of DNA that span one or more
introns in conserved genes. PCR DNA amplification with the nine primer sets
with genomic DNA from ascomycetes, deuteromycetes, basidiomycetes, and
plants revealed that five of the primer sets amplified a product only from
DNA of the filamentous ascomycetes and deuteromycetes. The five primer sets
were constructed from the N. crassa genes for histone 3, histone 4,
beta-tubulin, and the plasma membrane ATPase. With these five primer sets,
polymorphisms were observed in both the size of and restriction enzyme
sites in the amplified products from the filamentous ascomycetes. The
primer sets described here may provide useful tools for phylogenetic
studies and genome analyses in filamentous ascomycetes and deuteromycetes
(with ascomycete affiliations), as well as for the rapid differentiation of
fungal species by PCR.
Copyright © 1995, American Society for Microbiology
Development of primer sets designed for use with the PCR to amplify conserved genes from filamentous ascomycetes
Botany Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
This article has been cited by other articles:
| J. Bacteriol. | Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. | Eukaryot. Cell | All ASM Journals |
|---|