Possible benefits of kalilo plasmids to their Neurospora hosts

Plasmid

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 176-180

  Bok, Jin Woo ^a   Griffiths, Anthony J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertility; Mitochondria; Neurospora; Plasmid; Selection; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FERTILITY; GERMINATION; HOST RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; VEGETATION;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NEUROSPORA TETRASPERMA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034052159     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1999.1448     Document Type: Article

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