Cloning and sequence analysis of the MAT-B (MAT-2) genes from the three Dutch elm disease pathogens, Ophiostoma ulmi, O. novo-ulmi, and O. himal-ulmi

Mycological Research

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 983-991

  Paoletti, Mathieu ^a,c   Buck, Kenneth W ^a   Brasier, Clive M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASCOMYCOTA; OPHIOSTOMA; OPHIOSTOMA HIMAL-ULMI; OPHIOSTOMA NOVO-ULMI; OPHIOSTOMA ULMI; ULMUS;

EID: 25144511466     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756205003308     Document Type: Article

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