Intron-rich Gene Structure in the Intracellular Plant Parasite Plasmodiophora brassicae

Protist

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 423-433

  Bulman, Simon ^a,b   Ridgway, Hayley J ^b   Eady, Colin ^a,b   Conner, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

genome structure; introns; Plasmodiophora brassicae; Rhizaria

Indexed keywords

BRASSICACEAE; EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIOPHORA BRASSICAE; PROTISTA; RHIZARIA;

EID: 36348934556     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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