Evidence for dominant suppression of repeat-induced point mutation (RIP) in crosses with the wild-isolated Neurospora crassa strains Sugartown and Adiopodoume-7

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 55-61

  Noubissi, Felicite K ^a   Aparna, K ^a   McCluskey, Kevin ^b   Kasbekar, Durgadas P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Meiotic drive; Neurospora crassa; RIP; Spore killer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; DOMINANT GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POINT MUTATION; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TRANSGENE;

CROSSES, GENETIC; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; HAPLOTYPES; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; POINT MUTATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0035413666     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02728331     Document Type: Article

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