ISOLATION OF MUSHROOM-INDUCING GENES AND THEIR USE IN DNA-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF EDIBLE BASIDIOMYCETES

摘要

The present invention is directed to a process for inducing the development of fruiting bodies in host cells, preferably in edible Basidiomycete host cells. The present invention is further directed to the isolation and identification of a mushroon-inducing gene from the Basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune called Frt1 and methods of transforming appropriate host cells with the Frt1 gene or portions or modifications thereof. Another aspect to the present invention relates to comparable Frt1 genes in edible species that are known to be relates to S. commune.