Polymorphic chromosomes bearing the Tox2 locus in Cochliobolus carbonum behave as homologs during meiosis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 996-1001

  Canada, Suzanne R ^a,b   Dunkle, Larry D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; PLANT TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HYPHOMYCETES; MAIZE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; VIRULENCE;

COCHLIOBOLUS CARBONUM; COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031029668     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.996-1001.1997     Document Type: Article

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