The complete DNA sequence of the nuclear ribosomal RNA gene complex of Verricillium dahliae: Intraspecific heterogeneity within the intergenic spacer region

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-27

  Pramateftaki, Paraskevi V ^a   Antoniou, Polymnia P ^b   Typas, Milton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

18S, ITS1 5.8S ITS2, 28S phylogenetic analysis; IGS; rDNA complete sequence; Subrepeats; Verticillium; Verticillium dahliae

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; TANDEM REPEAT; VERTICILLIUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; VERTICILLIUM ALBO-ATRUM; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE VAR. LONGISPORUM; VERTICILLIUM LONGISPORUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VERTICILLIUM;

EID: 0034148009     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1999.1178     Document Type: Article

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