Linear mitochondrial plasmids of Fusarium oxysporum contain genes with sequence similarity to genes encoding a reverse transcriptase from Neurospora spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3311-3313

  Kistler, H Corby ^a   Benny, Ulla ^a   Powell, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; NEUROSPORA;

EID: 0030876826     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3311-3313.1997     Document Type: Article

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