senescent: A new neurospora crassa nuclear gene mutant derived front nature exhibits mitochondrial abnormalities and a 'Death' phenotype

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-173

  Navaraj, Arunasalam ^a   Pandit, Alka ^a   Maheshwari, Ramesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Fungus; Mitochondria; Mutant; N. crassa; Nuclear gene; Senescence

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; OXYGEN; SALICYLHYDROXAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MITOCHONDRION; MYCELIUM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SENESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NEUROSPORA INTERMEDIA;

EID: 0033861965     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.2000.1193     Document Type: Article

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