Cloning, sequencing, and transgenic expression of Podospora curvicolla and Sordaria macrospora eEF1A genes: Relationship between cytosolic translation and longevity in filamentous fungi

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-198

  Gagny, Bénédicte ^a   Rossignol, Michèle ^b   Silar, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Elongation factor; Mitochondrial DNA; Senescence; Translation fidelity

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ELONGATION FACTOR 1; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PAROMOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

FUNGI; MACROSPORA; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PODOSPORA CURVICOLLA; SORDARIA MACROSPORA;

EID: 17944402481     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1997.1012     Document Type: Article

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