Transfer of Neurospora kalilo plasmids among species and strains by introgression

Current Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 275-281

  Bok, Jin Woo ^a   He, Cynthia ^a   Griffiths, Anthony J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heterokaryon; Kalilo; mtDNA; Neurospora; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE INSERTION; HETEROKARYON; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PLASMIDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

GELASINOSPORA; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NEUROSPORA TETRASPERMA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0032700680     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050501     Document Type: Article

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