Identification of epichloe endophytes in planta by a microsatellite- based PCR fingerprinting assay with automated analysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1268-1279

  Moon, Christina D ^a   Tapper, Brian A ^b   Scott, Barry ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ISOENZYME; MICROSATELLITE DNA; COLORING AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EPICHLOE ENDOPHYTES; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ALLELE; ASCOMYCETES; AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POACEAE;

EPICHLOE; NEOTYPHODIUM;

ALLELES; ASCOMYCOTA; AUTOMATION; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLORING AGENTS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032586677     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.3.1268-1279.1999     Document Type: Article

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