The ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Hebeloma circinans harbors a linear plasmid encoding a DNA- and RNA polymerase

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 273-279

  Bai, Xiyuan ^a   Debaud, Jean Claude ^b   Schründer, Jürgen ^a   Meinhardt, Friedhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase; Hebeloma circinans; Linear plasmid; Mycorrhiza; Phylogenetic tree; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; EXONUCLEASE; FUNGAL DNA; PLASMID DNA; PROTEINASE K; RNA POLYMERASE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HEBELOMA CIRCINANS; MYCORRHIZAE;

EID: 0031413136     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.43.273     Document Type: Article

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