Structure and genetic stability of mitochondrial genomes vary among yeasts of the genus Saccharomyces

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1015-1024

  Piškur, Jure ^a   Smole, Sonja ^b   Groth, Casper ^a   Petersen, Randi F ^a   Pedersen, Mogens B ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Intergenic sequences; Mitochondrial genome; Petite mutation; Taxonomy; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION SITE; SACCHAROMYCES; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES KLUYVERI;

EID: 0344110477     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-3-1015     Document Type: Article

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