Ploidy study in Sporothrix schenkii

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-54

  Torres Guerrero, Haydée ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Albino mutagenesis; Auxotrophs; Ploidy; Sporothrichosis; Sporothrix schenckii

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; FUNGAL DNA; METHIONINE; NITROUS ACID; PIGMENT;

ALBINISM; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; DIPLOIDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA RECOMBINATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GROWTH CURVE; HAPLOIDY; HETEROZYGOTE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVERTANT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; YEAST;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHUM; SPOROTRICHUM SCHENCKII;

EID: 0032854135     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1999.1128     Document Type: Article

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