Identification and Characterization of Phytoplasmal Genes, Employing a Novel Method of Isolating Phytoplasmal Genomic DNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6513-6521

  Melamed, Sharon ^a   Tanne, Edna ^b   Ben Haim, Raz ^a   Edelbaum, Orit ^a   Yogev, David ^c   Sela, Ilan ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CODON; GENOME; INSECT; MOLLICUTES; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEMIPTERA; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLICUTES; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT DISEASES; SALIVA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MOLLICUTES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0242659208     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.22.6513-6521.2003     Document Type: Article

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