Mechanisms of uniparental mitochondrial DNA inheritance in Cryptococcus neoformans

Mycobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 235-242

  Gyawali, Rachana ^a   Lin, Xiaorong ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isogamy; MAT locus; Mating; Mitochondrial inheritance; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84856360702     PISSN: 12298093     EISSN: 20929323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5941/MYCO.2011.39.4.235     Document Type: Review

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