Species of the genus Filobasidiella differ in the organization of their 5S rRNA genes

Mycologia

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 244-249

  Kwon Chung, K J ^a   Chang, Yun G ^a   Penoyer, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Filobasidiella depauperata; Filobasidiella neoformans; ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

FILOBASIDIELLA DEPAUPERATA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENE; GENOME ORGANIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RIBOSOMAL RNA;

FILOBASIDIELLA; FILOBASIDIELLA DEPAUPERATA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030950163     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761078     Document Type: Article

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