Methylation of the foreign transposon Restless in vegetative mycelia of Neurospora crassa

Current Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 194-199

  Windhofer, Frank ^a   Catcheside, David E A ^b   Kempken, Frank ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Neurospora crassa; Transposon Restless

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA METHYLATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MYCELIUM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; TOLYPOCLADIUM INFLATUM;

EID: 0343963241     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050519     Document Type: Article

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