Base composition of DNA from Glomalean fungi: high amounts of methylated cytosine

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-111

  Hosny, Michel ^a   Païs De Barros, Jean Paul ^b   Gianinazzi Pearson, Vivienne ^a   Dulieu, Hubert ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

DNA base composition; Fungi; Glomales; Melting profile; Methylated cytosine; RP HPLC; Scutellospora; Zygomycetes

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA METHYLATION; FLUOROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; ZYGOMYCETES;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; CASTANEA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; GLOMERALES; SCUTELLOSPORA; SCUTELLOSPORA CASTANEA; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 0031259905     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1997.1008     Document Type: Article

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