Biogenesis and replication of small plasmid-like derivatives of the mitochondrial DNA in Neurospora crassa

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-89

  Hausner, Georg ^a,b   Nummy, Katherine A ^a   Stoltzner, Sarah ^a   Hubert, Susannah K ^a   Bertrand, Helmut ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA replication; Neurospora; Plasmid like mitochondrial element; Replication fork stalling point; Rolling circles

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FUNGAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONOMER; NUCLEASE S1; PALINDROMIC DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXCISION REPAIR; FUNGUS MUTANT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MISMATCH REPAIR; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TANDEM REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 32444451021     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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