Effect of 5-azacytidine on the induction of mitotic recombination in diploid cells of Aspergillus nidulans

Cytologia

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-48

  Franzoni, M G M ^a   Castro Prado, M A A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Gene inactivation; Mitotic instability; Somatic recombination

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; CROSSING OVER; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIPLOIDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC STRAIN; INDUCED MUTATION; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS;

EID: 0034118396     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.65.43     Document Type: Article

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