Using microdensitometry to correlate cell morphology with the nuclear cycle in Ustilago maydis

Mycologia

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 689-697

  Snetselaar, Karen M ^a   McCann, Michael P ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basidiomycota; Bud formation; Cell cycle; DAPI; Ustilaginales

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; USTILAGINALES; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0030952649     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761124     Document Type: Article

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