An asexual fungus has the potential for sexual development

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-68

  Sharon, Amir ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Kenichi ^a,c   Christiansen, Solveig ^a,d   Horwitz, Benjamin A ^a,e   Yoder, O C ^a   Turgeon, B Gillian ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MITSUI CHEMICALS INC   (Japan)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bipolaris sacchari; Cochliobolus heterostrophus; DNA binding; Idiomorph; Mating type

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029865315     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02174345     Document Type: Article

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