Plant pathogen forensics: Capabilities, needs, and recommendations

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 450-471

  Fletcher, J ^a   Bender, C ^a   Budowle, B ^b   Cobb, W T ^c   Gold, S E ^d   Ishimaru, C A ^e,k   Luster, D ^f   Melcher, U ^a   Murch, R ^g,j   Scherm, H ^d   Seem, R C ^h   Sherwood, J L ^d   Sobral, B W ⁱ   Tolin, S A ^j  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^c Cobb Consulting Services ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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MOLECULAR MARKER;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CROP; DATA ANALYSIS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FOREST; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RANGELAND; REVIEW;

BIOTERRORISM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; PLANT DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745121579     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00022-05     Document Type: Review

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