Specific detection and quantification of the phytopathogenic agent 'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum'

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 227-234

  Yvon, Michel ^a   Thébaud, Gaël ^a   Alary, Rémi ^b   Labonne, Gérard ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Etiology; Prunus armeniaca; Prunus salicina; Quantitative PCR; SYBR green

Indexed keywords

APPLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEAR; PHYTOPLASMA; PHYTOPLASMA PRUNORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HEMIPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CACOPSYLLA PRUNI; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA PRUNORUM; HEXAPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS SALICINA; PYRUS;

EID: 67949083518     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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