Characterization of a linear DNA plasmid from the filamentous fungal plant pathogen Glomerella musae [Anamorph: Colletotrichum musae (Berk. and Curt.) arx.]

Current Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 152-156

  Freeman, Stanley ^a   Redman, Regina S ^b   Grantham, George ^b   Rodriguez, Russell J ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Banana pathogen; Mitochondria; PCR; TIR

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; PLANTS; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030770369     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050260     Document Type: Article

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