Natural occurrence of a partitivirus in the sapstaining fungus Ceratocystis resinifera

Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-189

  Deng, Fuyou ^a   Boland, Greg J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ceratocystis polonica; Ceratocystis resinifera; Coat protein; Double stranded RNA; Dsrna; Horizontal transmission; Mycovirus; Partitivirus; RNA dependent RNA polymerase; Sapstaining

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; CERATOCYSTIS POLONICA; CERATOCYSTIS RESINIFERA; FUNGI; MYCOVIRUS; PARTITIVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 35649010992     PISSN: 07060661     EISSN: 17152992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07060660709507455     Document Type: Article

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