Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

MRP3 is a sex determining gene in the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata

  • Monia T. Russo,
  • Laura Vitale,
  • Laura Entrambasaguas,
  • Konstantinos Anestis,
  • Neri Fattorini,
  • Filomena Romano,
  • Carmen Minucci,
  • Pasquale De Luca,
  • Elio Biffali,
  • Wim Vyverman,
  • Remo Sanges,
  • Marina Montresor,
  • Maria I. Ferrante

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07496-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Little is known about how sex is determined in diatoms. Here, Russo et al. show that in the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata, the gene MRP3 regulates mating type and the expression of four other mating-type biased genes.