Sequence analysis of the chitin synthase A gene of the Dutch elm pathogen Ophiostoma novo-ulmi indicates a close association with the human pathogen Sporothrix schenckii

Gene

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 215-221

  Hintz, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

MATCHBOX; Plant pathogen; Ulmus americana

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; ISOENZYME;

AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HYPHOMYCETES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPHIOSTOMALES; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; CHITIN SYNTHASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPOROTHRIX; TREES;

EID: 0032817190     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00291-7     Document Type: Article

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