Nuclear DNA degradation during heterokaryon incompatibility in Neurospora crassa

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-137

  Marek, Stephen M ^a,d   Wu, Jennifer ^b,e   Glass, N Louise ^c   Gilchrist, David G ^a   Bostock, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fungi; Heterokaryon incompatibility; Neurospora crassa; Programmed cell death; Somatic incompatibility; Vegetative incompatibility

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; FUNGAL DNA;

ALLELE; ANASTOMOSIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; CELL FUSION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DNA DEGRADATION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETIC REGULATION; HETEROKARYON; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FUNGI; METAZOA; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0141627492     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(03)00086-0     Document Type: Article

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