Phytoplasma-specific PCR primers based on sequences of the 16S-23S rRNA spacer region

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2988-2993

  Smart, C D ^a   Schneider, B ^a   Blomquist, C L ^b   Guerra, L J ^b   Harrison, N A ^c   Ahrens, U ^b   Lorenz E Seemuller K H ^b   Kirkpatrick, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 23S; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROKARYOTE;

EID: 0029783713     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.2988-2993.1996     Document Type: Article

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