A natural chimeric yeast containing genetic material from three species

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1933-1938

  Groth, Casper ^a   Hansen, Jørgen ^b   Piškur, Jure ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hybridization; MET2; Mitochondrial DNA; Taxonomy; Yeast

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHIMERA; EUROPE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE ISOLATION; JAPAN; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES BAYANUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032704161     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1933     Document Type: Article

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