Partial retrotransposon-like DNA sequence in the genomic clone of Aspergillus flavus, pAF28

Mycological Research

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 841-846

  Okubara, Patricia A ^a,c   Tibbot, Brian K ^a   Tarun, Alice S ^a   McAlpin, Cesaria E ^b   Hua, Sui Sheng T ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGUS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MYXOGASTRIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0041423398     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756203008116     Document Type: Article

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