Inheritance of mitochondrial DNA and plasmids in the ascomycetous fungus, Epichloë typhina

Genetics

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 259-265

  Chung, Kuang Ren ^a   Leuchtmann, Adrian ^b   Schardl, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; INHERITANCE; MATING; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SYMBIOSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; EPICHLOE TYPHINA; FUNGI;

EID: 0030044493     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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