The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices is haploid and has a small genome size in the lower limit of eukaryotes

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-261

  Hijri, Mohamed ^a   Sanders, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Flow cytometry; Genome size (C value); Genomic reconstruction; Glomus intraradices; Ploidy; Reassociation kinetics

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 88; MALATE SYNTHASE; RAD32 PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; GLOMUS; GLOMUS INTRARADICES;

EID: 0347985833     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2003.10.011     Document Type: Article

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