Structures of the mating-type loci of Cordyceps takaomontana

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 5019-5022

  Yokoyama, Eiji ^a   Yamagishi, Kenzo ^a   Hara, Akira ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

NUCLEOTIDES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

GENETIC STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CORDYCEPS TAKAOMONTANA; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENE LOCUS; MAT1 1 1 GENE; MAT1 1 3 GENE; MAT1 1 GENE; MAT1 2 1 GENE; MAT1 2 GENE; MATING TYPE GENE; MATING TYPE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOGENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CORDYCEPS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CORDYCEPS; CORDYCEPS TAKAOMONTANA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0042529141     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.5019-5022.2003     Document Type: Article

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