Discovery of a Sexual Cycle in Aspergillus lentulus, a Close Relative of A. fumigatus

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 962-969

  Swilaiman, Sameira S ^a   O'Gorman, Céline M ^a   Balajee, S Arunmozhi ^b   Dyera, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; FUNGAL MATING TYPE GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEIOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC LOCI; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS LENTULUS; CLEISTOTHECIA;

EID: 84879387408     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00040-13     Document Type: Article

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