Environment factors can influence mitochondrial inheritance in the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 315-322

  Yan, Zhun ^a   Sun, Sheng ^a   Shahid, Mori ^a   Xu, Jianping ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biparental mtDNA inheritance; Cryptococcus neoformans; Environment factors; Mitochondrial inheritance; mtDNA recombination

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CALCINEURIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MATING; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UBIQUITINATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ZYGOTE;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 33947584384     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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