Circular DNA plasmid in the phytopathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata: Its temperature-dependent curing and association with pathogenicity

Genetics

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-120

  Katsuya, Satoshi ^a,c   Kaneko, Isao ^a   Owaki, Makiko ^a   Ishikawa, Kouichi ^b   Tsujimoto, Takashi ^a   Tsuge, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ALTERNARIA; DNA, CIRCULAR; HEAT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030945063     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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