A comparison of DNA methylation levels in selected isolates of higher fungi

Mycologia

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 785-790

  Binz, Thomas ^a   D'Mello, Nisha ^a   Horgen, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agaricus bisporus; Armillaria bulbosa; Genetic transformation; Ophiostoma novo ulmi; Saccharomyces; Strain instability

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLDEOXYCYTIDINE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYTOSINE; DIMORPHISM; DNA METHYLATION; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HYGROMYCIN PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

DNA; FUNGUS;

AGARICUS BISPORUS; ARMILLARIA BULBOSA; OPHIOSTOMA NOVO-ULMI; USTILAGO MAYDIS; USTILAGO VIOLACEAE;

EID: 0031783717     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761319     Document Type: Article

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