Molecular mechanisms of chromosomal rearrangement in fungi

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-17

  Fierro, Francisco ^a,b   Martín, Juan F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromosomal rearrangement; Chromosome length polymorphism; Fungi; PFGE; Recombination

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; KARYOTYPE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 0032898993     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408419991299185     Document Type: Review

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