Molecular characterization of 'Candidatus Liberibacter' species/strains causing huanglongbing disease of citrus in Kenya

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Magomere, Titus O ^a   Obukosia, Silas D ^a   Mutitu, Eunice ^a   Ngichabe, Christopher ^b   Olubayo, Florence ^a   Shibairo, Solomon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Citrus greening disease; DNA sequencing; Intergenic regions; Phylogeny; Ribosomal protein genes

Indexed keywords

CITRUS GREENING DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCING; INTERGENIC REGIONS; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN GENES;

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; DNA; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

STRAIN;

DNA FRAGMENT; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L10; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L12; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER; CITRUS FRUIT; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; HUANGLONGBING DISEASE; KENYA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER AFRICANUS; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CITRUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 66849129373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07173458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2225/vol12-issue2-fulltext-2     Document Type: Article

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