GO biological process ontology term - GO:0007533 - mating type switching

Term summary

ID: GO:0007533
Name: mating type switching
Ontology or CV name: GO biological process
Definition: The conversion of a single-cell organism from one mating type to another by the precise replacement of a DNA sequence at the expressed mating type locus with a copy of a sequence from a donor locus.

Parents

is_a mating type determination
is_a reproductive process in single-celled organism

Annotation

GO biological process

GO:0007533 - mating type switching

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GO:0007533 - mating type switching

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PMID:14663140

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sfr1 (SPBC28F2.07)

GO:0007535 - donor selection

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GO:0007534 - gene conversion at mating-type locus

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GO:0071515 - mating-type locus imprinting

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GO:0071171 - site-specific DNA replication termination at RTS1 barrier

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rtf1 (SPAC22F8.07c)