Contribution of various classes of defective mitochondrial DNA molecules to senescence in Podospora anserina

Current Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-178

  Jamet Vierny, Corinne ^a   Boulay, Jocelyne ^a   Begel, Odile ^a   Silar, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

mtDNA; Podospora anserina; Senescence

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; FUNGUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; ASCOMYCOTA; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; INTRONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0031044787     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050192     Document Type: Article

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