Kalilo plasmids are a family of four distinct members with individual global distributions across species

Current Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-44

  He, Cynthia ^a   De Groot, Nastasja ^a   Bok, Jin Woo ^a   Griffiths, Anthony J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kalilo; Mitochondria; Neurospora; Plasmid; Senescence

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

FUNGI; GELASINOSPORA; HAWAIIA; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NEUROSPORA DISCRETA; NEUROSPORA INTERMEDIA; NEUROSPORA TETRASPERMA;

EID: 0034060989     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050006     Document Type: Article

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