Physical and genetic map of the Spiroplasma kunkelii CR2-3x chromosome

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 857-867

  Dally, Ellen L ^a   Barros, Thereza S L ^a,b,d   Zhao, Yan ^a   Lin, ShaoPing ^c   Roe, Bruce A ^c   Davis, Robert E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn stunt spiroplasma; Genome mapping; Mollicutes; Spiroplasma kunkelii CR2 3x; Two dimensional pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; REACTION KINETICS;

CORN STUNT SPIROPLASMA; MOLLICUTES; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (PFGE); SPIROPLASMA KUNKELII CR2-3X;

CHROMOSOMES;

BACTERIAL DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; ELECTROKINESIS; GENOME; MAIZE; MAPPING METHOD;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SIZE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPIROPLASMA;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPIROPLASMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MOLLICUTES; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA KUNKELII; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33846156260     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-044     Document Type: Article

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