Chromosome mapping of the sweet potato little leaf phytoplasma reveals genome heterogeneity within the phytoplasmas

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 893-902

  Padovan, Anna C ^a   Firrao, Giuseppe ^a,b   Schneider, Bernd ^a,c   Gibb, Karen S ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genome mapping; gid gene; Phytoplasma; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Ribosomal genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENOME; MOLLICUTES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IPOMOEA BATATAS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLLICUTES; PHYTOPLASMA; PROKARYOTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SWEET POTATO LITTLE LEAF PHYTOPLASMA; TOMATO BIG BUD PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0034093080     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-4-893     Document Type: Article

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