Identification of genes in the tomato big bud phytoplasma and comparison to those in sweet potato little leaf-V4 phytoplasma

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1797-1805

  Streten, Claire ^a   Gibb, Karen S ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BUD; CELL ACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONION; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RANDOMIZATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWEET POTATO; TOMATO;

ALLIUM CEPA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IPOMOEA BATATAS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES; ONION YELLOWS PHYTOPLASMA; PHYTOPLASMA; PROKARYOTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOMATO BIG BUD PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0037810917     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.25971-0     Document Type: Article

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