The plasmid replicator AMA1 in Aspergillus nidulans is an inverted duplication of a low-copy-number dispersed genomic repeat

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 565-574

  Aleksenko, Alexei ^a,b   Clutterbuck, A John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030065665     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.400937.x     Document Type: Article

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