Estimation of the Glomus intraradices nuclear DNA content

New Phytologist

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 794-797

  Sedzielewska, Kinga A ^a,b   Fuchs, Jörg ^a   Temsch, Eva M ^c   Baronian, Keith ^d   Watzke, Roland ^b   Kunze, Gotthard ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b AMykor GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Flow cytometry; Genome size; Glomus intraradices; Nuclear DNA content

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; DENSITOMETRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; GLOMEROMYCOTA; LETTER; METABOLISM; STAINING;

CELL NUCLEUS; DENSITOMETRY; DNA, FUNGAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GLOMEROMYCOTA; PROPIDIUM; STAINING AND LABELING;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GLOMUS INTRARADICES;

EID: 81055155980     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03937.x     Document Type: Letter

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