Isolation and characterization of the single β-tubulin gene in Phytophthora cinnamomi

Mycologia

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-95

  Weerakoon, N D ^a,c   Roberts, J K ^b,d   Lehnen Jr , L P ^a   Wilkinson, J M ^a   Marshall, J S ^a   Hardham, A R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Oomycetes; Phylogeny; Protists

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031938505     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761016     Document Type: Article

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