Genetic determination of ploidy level in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-287

  Hermosilla, Germán ^a   Martínez, Claudio ^b   Retamales, Patricio ^c   León, Rubén ^c   Cifuentes, Víctor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE;

FUNGUS;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; BASIDIOMYCETES; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC MARKER; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; PHENOTYPE; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WILD TYPE; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS; YEAST;

ADENINE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DIPLOIDY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MUTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTOPLASTS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

EID: 0242690297     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026090008405     Document Type: Article

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