Phylogeny of Bipolaris inferred from nucleotide sequences of Brn1, a reductase gene involved in melanin biosynthesis

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 251-258

  Shimizu, Kiminori ^a   Tanaka, Chihiro ^a   Peng, You Liang ^b   Tsuda, Mitsuya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bipolaris; Brn1 reductase gene; Cochliobolus; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

BIPOLARIS; BIPOLARIS PANICI; BIPOLARIS PANICI-MILIACEI; BIPOLARIS SETARIAE; BIPOLARIS VICTORIAE; BIPOLARIS ZEICOLA; COCHLIOBOLUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0031771888     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.44.251     Document Type: Article

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