Identification of mating type genes in the bipolar basidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides: First insight into the MAT locus structure of the Sporidiobolales

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1053-1061

  Coelho, Marco A ^a   Rosa, André ^a   Rodrigues, Nádia ^a   Fonseca, Álvaro ^a   Gonçalves, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; RHODOSPORIDIUM TORULOIDES; SPORIDIOBOLALES; SPORIDIOBOLUS SALMONICOLOR; SPOROBOLOMYCES ROSEUS;

EID: 46949083482     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00025-08     Document Type: Article

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