In vivo conformation of mitochondrial DNA revealed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in the true slime mold, Physarum polycephalum

DNA Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-91

  Sakurai, Rakusa ^a   Sasaki, Narie ^b   Takano, Hiroyoshi ^c   Abe, Takashi ^a   Kawano, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA); Mitochondrial plasmid; Physarum polycephalum; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)

Indexed keywords

CHONDROMYCES; MYXOGASTRIA; PHYSARUM; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0034724514     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/7.2.83     Document Type: Article

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