Use of SSU rDNA group-I intron to distinguish Monilinia fructicola from M. laxa and M. fructigena

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 307-312

  Fulton, Ciaran E ^a   Brown, Averil E ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brown rot; Diagnostic; Monilinia fructicola; Monilinia fructigena; Monilinia laxa; SSU rDNA group I intron

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS; GENE ISOLATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRUIT; GENES, FUNGAL; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031573769     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00492-8     Document Type: Article

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