Molecular dissection of the rDNA array and of the 5S rDNA gene in Meloidogyne artiellia: Phylogenetic and diagnostic implications

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-183

  Veronico, Pasqua ^b   De Luca, Francesca ^b   De Giorgi, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

5S rRNA transcription; Intergenic spacer; ITS secondary structure; Meloidogyne artiellia; Nematodes; Ribosomal coding genes

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA SEQUENCE; MELOIDOGYNE ARTIELLIA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SECERNENTEA INFECTIONS; TYLENCHOIDEA;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE ARTIELLIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 2342631201     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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