Mitochondrial DNA inheritance in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Wang, Zixuan ^a   Wilson, Amanda ^a   Xu, Jianping ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biparental mtDNA inheritance; Environmental factors; Inter lineage cross; Intra lineage cross; Uniparental mtDNA inheritance

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; AZACITIDINE; DECITABINE; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIPARENTAL DISOMY; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FUNGAL MATING TYPE GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MATALPHA GENE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; UBIQUITINATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CANADA; GENETICS; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; AZACITIDINE; CANADA; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84921460417     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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