Aminoadipate reductase gene: A new fungal-specific gene for comparative evolutionary analyses

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  An, Kwang Deuk ^a   Nishida, Hiromi ^a   Miura, Yoshiharu ^a   Yokota, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI; FUNGI; SAITOELLA COMPLICATA;

EID: 2942564339     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-2-6     Document Type: Article

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