The biparental transmission of the mitochondrial genome in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii visualized in living cells

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 124-133

  Nishimura, Yoshiki ^a   Higashiyama, Tetsuya ^a   Suzuki, Lena ^b   Misumi, Osami ^a   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; DiOC6; Mitochondria; SYBR Green I; Uniparental inheritance

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0031737294     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(98)80080-0     Document Type: Article

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