This is the call for papers for the VIIth Genetics and Cell Biology of Basidiomycetes conference.  We anticipate time for 36 oral presentations, with the remainder to be given as posters.  

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Submission

Send your abstract to GCBBmeeting@list.semo.edu as an attachment in the form of a Microsoft Word document.  Deadline for submission is March 31, 2008.  Please indicate in the body of your email (not in the attached abstract) whether you prefer to give an oral presentation or to bring a poster. The program committee will attempt to honor such preferences where possible. 

Title

Write the title in 12 point bold Times New Roman or similar font (with serifs), centered on the page.  Titles should be under 100 characters, including punctuation and spaces.  Italicize scientific names of genera and species. 

Authors

In 12 point (not bold) Times New Roman or similar font, left justified, list authors' names in upper and lower case, with initials before the surname.  Separate authors' names with commas.  Underline the presenter's name.  On separate lines below the author list, give the postal address and the email address of each author.  Use superscript numbers to identify author affiliations.

Body of abstract

The abstract should be written in English, in 12 point (not bold) Times New Roman or similar font.   It should be a single paragraph, not exceeding 350 words, and should be left-justified. 

Example:

Expressed sequence tags from Schizophyllum commune grown under different nitrogen conditions

Guettler S¹, Lucchese S¹, Honass L²

¹Southeast Missouri St. U., Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 USA.
²Pennsylvania St. U., University Park, PA 16802 USA.

Schizophyllum commune is a common wood-decaying basidiomycete.  Growing on a nitrogen-poor medium, it establishes recycling mechanisms to provide new mycelia with a sufficient supply of amino acids.  We analyzed the gene expression of Schizophyllum commune under three different nitrogen availability conditions utilizing previously prepared cDNA libraries in the lambda-Zap vector (Stratagene): MIN (from mycelia grown on minimal medium), 6HR (six hours after transfer to low-nitrogen medium), and MO1 (twelve hours after transfer).  Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) are short cDNA sequences that represent gene expression in organisms under distinct conditions. We used two different approaches to obtain ESTs: single clone excision and mass excision.  In single clone excision, clones were selected at the vector stage and excised from lambda-Zap vector to generate pBluescript phagemids, which were amplified in E. coli, isolated, and sequenced.  In mass excision, phagemids were prepared from the whole cDNA library, and the clone selection step was performed after transformation of E. coli with the phagemids.  The cDNA inserts were sequenced and compared to nucleotide sequences in GenBank to determine their identity.  The obtained ESTs were submitted to the GenBank database. They include fragments of genes similar to sequences encoding the HECT domain of ubiquitin-ligase (E3) enzyme, glucan synthase, HSP90-associated chaperone, cell division control protein 2, and ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase.  The large number of identifiable genes isolated so far suggests that this approach may help reveal the mechanism of response to nitrogen limitation in Schizophyllum commune.