FGSC #5888

Reporting Genes: mei-2;nic-3

Species: crassa

Allele: ALS181;Y31881

Alternate Strain Number: M2477

Depositor: EK

Linkage Group: VR;VIIL

Mating Type: a

Species Number: 10

ref1: Schroeder & Olson 1983 Can J Genet Cytol 25:16-25, https://doi.org/10.1139/g83-003

Genes

Locus	Cultural Requirements	Link Group	Type
mei-2	VR. Linked near inl (995). Between al-3 (20 and his-6(A.L. Schroeder, personal communication). Meiotic divisions occur, and many ascospor are produced, but many are inviable and white. Crosses heterozygous or homozygous for Mei-2 give extensive nondisjunction of all linkage groups (995). Chromosome pairing much reduced (B.C. Lu, cited in reference 995). Sensitive to methyl methane sulfonate, histidine, and gamma rays (939). Dominant in the original strain (995), but progeny show incomplete penetrance (939).	VR	B
nic-3	VIIL. Right of spco-4 (1%) and do (3%). Left of thi-3 (9 to 27%) and csp-2 (16 to 22%) (539, 812, 816, PB). (M.K. Allen, cited in references 718 and 789) Uses nicotinic acid, nicotinamide, 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid, 3-hydroxykynurenine, or high concentrations of quinolinic acid (96, 1168). Accumulates alpha-N-acetylkynurenine; blocked in conversion of kynurenine to 3-hydroxykynurenine (1168) (Fig. 18). Pyridine nucleotide levels (111). Pathway from tryptophan to nicotinic mononucleotide, showing sites of gene action (96, 100, 368, 1168). The enzymatic reactions between 3-hydroxyanthranilate and nicotinic mononucleotide have not been demonstrated directly in Neurospora.	VIIL	B

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