Genetics of Cordyceps and related fungi

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2797-2804

  Zheng, Peng ^a   Xia, Yongliang ^a   Zhang, Siwei ^a   Wang, Chengshu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Cordyceps; Culture degeneration; Epigenetic control; Genome structure; Phylogenomics; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; CORDYCEPS; EPIGENETIC CONTROL; GENOME STRUCTURES; PHYLOGENOMICS; SEXUALITY;

BIOCONTROL; GENES; RNA;

FUNGI;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETICS; GENOME; MUTATION; MYCOPARASITE; PLANT; RNA;

CORDYCEPS; EPIGENETICS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CORDYCEPS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INSECTS;

CORDYCEPS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84876677533     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4771-7     Document Type: Review

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