Homothallic life cycle in the diploid red yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous (Phaffia rhodozyma)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-168

  Kucsera, J ^a   Pfeiffer, I ^a   Ferenczy, L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Basidiomycetous yeast; Homothallic life cycle; Phaffia; Polymorphic chromosomes; Xanthophyllomyces

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; NITROGEN;

FUNGUS; LIFE CYCLE; REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIPLOIDY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; KARYOTYPE; LIFE CYCLE; MATING; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOROGENESIS; YEAST; YEAST CELL;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CELL CYCLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; G1 PHASE; MEIOSIS; NITROGEN; SPORES, FUNGAL;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PHAFFIA; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

EID: 0031947064     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000699626367     Document Type: Article

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