Mechanism to combat cobalt toxicity in cobalt resistant mutants of Aspergillus nidulans

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 336-344

  Tripathi, Pushplata ^a   Srivastava, Sheela ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Cobalt; Cobalt oxalate; Mutants; Precipitate; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 38149094892     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-007-0061-3     Document Type: Article

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