PCR amplification of the spliced leader gene for the diagnosis of trypanosomatid parasites of plants and insects in methanol-fixed smears

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 241-246

  Serrano, Myrna G ^a   Campaner, Marta ^a   Buck, Gregory A ^a   Teixeira, Marta M G ^a   Camargo, Erney Plessmann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archival DNA; Insect trypanosomatid; Palm disease; Plant trypanosomatid

Indexed keywords

METHANOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYTOMONAS; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0032790962     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00242-6     Document Type: Article

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