Ultrastructural changes in Neurospora cells undergoing senescence induced by kalilo plasmids

Mycologia

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 500-505

  Bok, Jin Woo ^a   Ishida, Ken Ichiro ^a   Griffiths, Anthony J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Kalilo; Mitochondria; Necrosis; Neurospora; Plasmid; Senescence

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; SENESCENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NEUROSPORA INTERMEDIA;

EID: 0041766176     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2004.11833095     Document Type: Article

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