Prospects of DNA-based systems for differentiation and classification of phytoplasmas

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-244

  Lee, Ing Ming ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a   Davis, Robert E ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Martini, Marta ^a,b  

^a Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

16s rrna; Genome; Mollicute; Multi locus sequence analysis; Mycoplasma; PCR; Rflp analysis; Ribosomal protein genes; Secy; Taxonomy; Tuf; Virtual rflp

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; HEXAPODA; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 50149088895     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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