Complementation analysis of carotenogenic mutants of Mucor circinelloides

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-27

  Velayos, Antonio ^a   López Matas, María Angeles ^a   Ruiz Hidalgo, María José ^a,b   Eslava, Arturo P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoid mutants; Complementation analysis; Mucor circinelloides; Spheroplast fusion

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HETEROKARYON; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; FUNGI; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES;

EID: 0031213990     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1997.0998     Document Type: Article

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