A Partial Nucleotide Sequence of Chitin Synthase (CHS) Gene from Rice Blast Fungus, Pyricularia oryzae and its Cloning

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-159

  Hwang, Cher Won ^a   Park, In Cheol ^b   Yeh, Wan Hae ^b   Takagi, Masamchi ^c   Ryu, Jin Chang ^b  

^a Handong University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; PCR (polymerase chain reaction); Pyricularia oryzae; Rice blast disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347857373     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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