A group I intron in the nuclear small subunit ribosomal DNA of Gaeumannomyces graminis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 291-296

  Fouly, Hanafy M ^a   Wilkinson, Henry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; GAEUMANNOMYCES GRAMINIS; GENE INSERTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

FUNGI; GAEUMANNOMYCES GRAMINIS; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0034029441     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849910058     Document Type: Article

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