A 971-bp insertion in the rns gene is associated with mitochondrial hypovirulence in a strain of Cryphonectria parasitica isolated from nature

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 775-783

  Baidyaroy, Dipnath ^a,e   Hausner, Georg ^b   Hafez, Mohamed ^b,f   Michel, Francois ^c   Fulbright, Dennis W ^a   Bertrand, Helmut ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^d Codexis Inc ^*  (United States)

^e Suez Canal University ^*  (United States)

^f SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Castanea dentata; Group II intron; Hypovirulence; Mitochondria; Ribosomal RNA; Senescence

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; EXON; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNS GENE; SENESCENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FAGACEAE; INTRONS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CASTANEA DENTATA; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; MYCOVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 79959535574     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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