@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-74-2-299, author = "Cheung, Sze-Shuen C. and Maniotis, J.", title = "A Genetic Study of an Extracellular Elastin-hydrolysing Protease in the Ringworm Fungus Arthroderma benhamiae", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1973", volume = "74", number = "2", pages = "299-304", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-74-2-299", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-74-2-299", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY: Analysis of crosses between granular and downy self-sterile strains of Arthroderma benhamiae (= Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. granulosum) displaying high and low extracellular elastin-hydrolysing capabilities indicates that the locus for mating-type segregates independently of a colonial morphology locus and a locus determining elastin-hydrolysing capability. The colonial morphology locus consists of two alleles which govern the production of granular or downy phenotypes, and is closely linked to a locus consisting of two alleles which determine high or low extracellular elastolytic activity, showing a recombination frequency of approximately 5%.", }