Variations in sequence and occurrence of SSU rDNA group I introns in Monilinia fructicola isolates

Mycologia

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 240-248

  Côté, Marie José ^a   Prud'homme, Mireille ^b   Meldrum, Allison J ^a   Tardif, Marie Claude ^b  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Brown rot; Group I intron sequences

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS;

FUNGI; MONILINIA; MONILINIA FRUCTICOLA; MONILINIA FRUCTIGENA; MONILINIA TAXA; MYXOGASTRIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 2342488640     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2005.11832974     Document Type: Article

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