Distribution of plasmids and a plasmid-like mitochondrial sequence in the genus Agaricus

Mycologia

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-47

  Robison, Mary M ^a   Kerrigan, Richard W ^a,b   Horgen, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Research Department   (United States)

Author keywords

basidiomycete; mitochondria; pEM; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 0030895085     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761171     Document Type: Article

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