Using the green fluorescent protein and other markers to determine virulence of Erwinia amylovora

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 590, Issue , 2002, Pages 451-455

  Bogs, J ^a   Jock, S ^a   Hildebrand, M ^a   Kim, W S ^a   Geider, K ^a   Richter, K ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Inst F Epidemiologie und Resistenz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Light cycler; PCR; SSR; Streptomycin resistance; Tissue colonization; Virulence assays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345236616     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.590.69     Document Type: Conference Paper

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