Microconidia of Neurospora crassa

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-18

  Maheshwari, Ramesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Conidiation; Fertilization; Germination; Heterokaryosis; Microconidia; Microcycle conidiation; Mutagenesis; Neurospora; Nuclear ratio; Spermatia; Spore; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ASCOMYCETES; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUNGUS SPORE; GAMETE; GERMINATION; HETEROKARYON; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0032884176     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1998.1103     Document Type: Review

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