Molecular cloning of an acetylcholinesterase gene from the plant parasitic nematodes, Meloidogyne incognita and Meloidogyne javanica

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 247-256

  Piotte, Christine ^a   Arthaud, Laury ^a   Abad, Pierre ^a   Rosso, Marie Noëlle ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; AChE, acetylcholinesterase; Meloidogyne; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; Plant parasitic nematode; Root knot nematode; RT PCR, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, HELMINTH; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TYLENCHOIDEA;

EID: 0032908417     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00033-X     Document Type: Article

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