The ribosomal DNA of the Zygomycete Mucor miehei

Current Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 412-419

  Maicas, Sergi ^a   Adam, Ana C ^a   Polaina, Julio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autonomous replication sequence; Filamentous fungus; Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ZYGOMYCETES;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0034046316     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940000122     Document Type: Article

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