Structural analysis of mitochondrial DNA molecules from fungi and plants using moving pictures and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 564-588

  Bendich, Arnold J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Concatemeric genomes; Fluorescence microscopy; Mitochondrial DNA; Pulsed field electrophoresis; Yeast

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLANT DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BRASSICA; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; MAIZE; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BRASSICA; FUNGI; LILIUM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SAUROMATUM GUTTATUM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SINAPIS ALBA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029870907     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0048     Document Type: Article

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