K. Scholtmeijer et al., Effect of introns and AT-rich sequences on expression of the bacterial hygromycin B resistance gene in the basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune, APPL ENVIR, 67(1), 2001, pp. 481-483
Previously, it was shown that introns are required for efficient mRNA accum
ulation in Schizophyllum commune and that the presence of AT-rich sequences
in the coding region of genes can result in truncation of transcripts in t
his homobasidiomycete. Here we show that intron-dependent mRNA accumulation
and truncation of transcripts are two independent events that both affect
expression of the bacterial hygromycin B resistance gene in S. commune.