Agaricus / Basidiomycete Session -- Mark Loftus and Rick Kerrigan (Chairs)
(Talks are to be 10 minutes each)
1. Mike Challen, Kathryn Gregory, "Prasad" Sreenivasaprasad, & Tim Elliott
Mushroom genes for transformation
2. Anton S.M. Sonnenberg, Karen den Hollander, Johan J.P. Baars, & Leo J.L.D. Van Griensven
Retrotransposons in the genome of Agaricus bisporus
3. Richard Kerrigan, Juel Thomas, Anthony Velcko, Jr., & Mark Wach
Structure of pAG4n33, containing repeated sequences, from Agaricus bitorquis
4. J. Stephen Horton, Gail E. Palmer, & William J. Smith
Regulation of dikaryon-expressed genes by FRT1 in Schizophyllum commune
5. Chris F. Thurston & Porfirio Morales-Almora
Gene expression during growth of Agaricus bisporus on cellulose
6. Takashi Kamada, Hajime Muraguchi, & Toshihide Arima
A molecular genetic approach to fruit-body morphogenesis in Coprinus cinereus
7. Martina Celerin, Jana Stone, T. Sandra Merino, & Miriam E. Zolan
Suppressors of the spo11-1 mutation can lead to changes in basidiospore number in Coprinus cinereus
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8. Robert P. Boulianne, Ursula Kües, Benjamin C. Lu, & Markus Aebi
Two fungal galectins: their expression, localization and secretion during fruitbody development
9. Leo Calvo-Bado, Mike Challen, & Tim Elliott
Wild about Agaricus, too
10. Mark Loftus, Kim Pitchford, Chris Robles, & Steve Lodder
Marker Assisted Breeding in Agaricus bisporus
11. Yumi Magae
Strain degeneration and spawn instability of Flammulina velutipes
12. Philippe Callac, Ioanna Théochari, Isabelle Jacobé de Haut, Christophe Desmerger, Jacques Guinberteau, & Micheline Imbernon
The homothallic genet of Agaricus bisporus first found in France actually extends to Greece
13. Antonio G. Pisabarro, María M. Peñas, Luis Larraya, Francisco Culiañez-Macià, & Lucía Ramírez
Genetics of hydrophobins in Pleurotus ostreatus
14. Lucía Ramírez, Luis Larraya, Gúmer Pérez, Johan J.P. Baars, Thomas S.P. Mikosch, Enrique Ritter, & Antonio G. Pisabarro
Physical and linkage map of Pleurotus ostreatus
15. Peter Olszewski & Paul A. Horgen
Bacteriophage-like RNA polymerase genes in mushrooms