Contig assembly and microsynteny analysis using a bacterial artificial chromosome library for Epichloë festucae, a mutualistic fungal endophyte of grasses

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-32

  Kutil, Brandi L ^a   Liu, Gang ^a,c   Vrebalov, Julia ^b   Wilkinson, Heather H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

BAC library; Clavicipitaceae; Epichlo festucae; Grass endophyte; Locus specific contig assembly; Microsynteny analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTIG; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHYTE; EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; FUNGUS; GENOME; GRASS; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLAVICIPITACEAE; EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; POACEAE;

EID: 0344873609     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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