Polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting of Erwinia amylovora has a limited phylogenetic value but allows the design of highly specific molecular markers

Phytopathology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-269

  Rico, Arantza ^a,c   Führer, M Elena ^a   Ortiz Barredo, Amaya ^b   Murillo, Jesús ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maloideae; Native plasmids; rpsU dnaG

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALOIDEAE;

EID: 40849099034     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-98-3-0260     Document Type: Article

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