Nawin C Mishra, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Published online: December 2007
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0000354.pub2
Fungal cells have been used to produce a variety of useful items such as bread, beer, cheese and antibiotics. The study of fungal cells has also facilitated advances in medicine and agriculture.
Keywords: one gene–one enzyme hypothesis; uniparental gene transmission; gene transfer system; yeast two hybrid system; ribonucleic acid (RNA) silencing and proteomics
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