Extensive chromosome aberrations in Spiroplasma citri strain BR3

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 269-286

  Ye, Fengchun ^a   Melcher, Ulrich ^a   Rascoe, John E ^a   Fletcher, Jacqueline ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosome aberrations; Spiroplasma citri; SpV1 like sequences; transposase and insect transmission

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; SPIROPLASMA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPIROPLASMA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CIRCULIFER TENELLUS; INSECTA; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA CITRI;

EID: 0029817905     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02399947     Document Type: Article

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