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Evidence for plasmid like DNA in a filamentous fungus, the ascomycete Podospora anserina

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The existece of plasmid like DNA was demonstrated in senescent mycelia of Podospora anserina (strain s) by biophysical and electronmicroscopic methods. According to their contour length of about 1.4 and 2.7 μm respectively the molecular weight for the monomer is in the range of 3·106.

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  1. Paul A. Lemke

    Present address: Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie-Mellon University, 15213, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Botanik, Ruhr-Universität, Postfach 102148, D-4630, Bochum 1, Federal Republic of Germany

    Ulf Stahl, Paul A. Lemke, Paul Tudzynski, Ulrich Kück & Karl Esser

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Communicated by G. Melchers

This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. The sojourn of P.A.L. for six months in Bochum was made possible by a Senior U.S. Scientist Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung (Bonn).

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Stahl, U., Lemke, P.A., Tudzynski, P. et al. Evidence for plasmid like DNA in a filamentous fungus, the ascomycete Podospora anserina . Molec. Gen. Genet. 162, 341–343 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00268860

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