Promiscuous mitochondria in Cryptococcus gattii

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 489-503

  Bovers, Marjan ^a   Hagen, Ferry ^a,b   Kuramae, Eiko E ^a   Boekhout, Teun ^a,b  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gattii; Mitochondria; Pathogen; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ALLELE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONJUGATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII;

EID: 64549116878     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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