Detection of plasmid like DNA and double-stranded RNB elements in some Canadian isolates of the oilseed rape pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 977-982

  Patterson, N A ^a   Kapoor, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canola; Double stranded RNa; Leptosphaeria maculans; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS;

EID: 0029857179     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-126     Document Type: Short Survey

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