Presence of non-supressive, M2-related dsRNAs molecules in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from spontaneous fermentations

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-215

  Cansado, José ^a   Barros Velázquez, Jorge ^b   Sieiro, Carmen ^b   Gacto, Mariano ^a   Villa, Tomás G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Killer yeast; NS dsRNA; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; FUNGAL RNA;

ARTICLE; ENCAPSULATION; EXTRACTION; FERMENTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KILLER CELL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRUS PARTICLE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; WINE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; FERMENTATION; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WINE;

EID: 0032586009     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00520-0     Document Type: Article

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