GC clusters and the stability of mitochondrial genomes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and related yeasts

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 263-270

  Spirek M ^a   Soltesova A ^a   Horvath A ^a   Slavikova E ^b   Sulo, P ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ETHIDIUM; FUNGAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHIDIUM; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0041370225     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02817649     Document Type: Article

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