Comparison of the cerato-ulmin (cu) gene sequences of the Himalayan Dutch elm disease fungus Ophiostoma himal-ulmi with those of O. ulmi and O. novo-ulmi suggests that the cu gene of O. novo-ulmi is unlikely to have been acquired recently from O. himal-ulmi

Mycological Research

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 415-421

  Pipe, N D ^a,c   Buck, K W ^a   Brasier, C M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CERATO ULMIN; DUTCH ELM DISEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

FUNGI; OPHIOSTOMA HIMAL-ULMI; OPHIOSTOMA NOVO; OPHIOSTOMA NOVO-ULMI; OPHIOSTOMA ULMI; ULMUS;

EID: 0031402017     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756296002754     Document Type: Article

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