Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 6241-6246

  Schoch, Conrad L ^a   Seifert, Keith A ^b   Huhndorf, Sabine ^c   Robert, Vincent ^d   Spouge, John L ^a   Levesque, C André ^b   Chen, Wen ^b   Bolchacova, Elena ^e   Voigt, Kerstin ^f   Crous, Pedro W ^d   Miller, Andrew N ^g   Wingfield, Michael J ^h   Aime, M Catherine ⁱ   An, Kwang Deuk ^j   Bai, Feng Yan ^k   Barreto, Robert W ^l   Begerow, Dominik ^m   Bergeron, Marie Josée ⁿ   Blackwell, Meredith ^o   Boekhout, Teun ^d,p   Bogale, Mesfin ^q   Boonyuen, Nattawut ^r   Burgaz, Ana R ^s   Buyck, Bart ^t   Cai, Lei ^k   Cai, Qing ^u   Cardinali, G ^v   Chaverri, Priscila ^w   Coppins, Brian J ^x   Crespo, Ana ^s   Cubas, Paloma ^s   Cummings, Craig ^e   Damm, Ulrike ^d   de Beer, Z Wilhelm ^h   de Hoog, G Sybren ^d   Del Prado, Ruth ^s   Dentinger, Bryn ^y,bc   Diéguez Uribeondo, Javier ^z   Divakar, Pradeep K ^s   Douglas, Brian ^aa   Dueñas, Margarita ^z   Duong, Tuan A ^h   Eberhardt, Ursula ^d   Edwards, Joan E ^aa   Elshahed, Mostafa S ^ab   Fliegerova, Katerina ^ac   Furtado, Manohar ^e   García, Miguel A ^z   Ge, Zai Wei ^v   Griffith, Gareth W ^aa   Griffiths, K ^ad   Groenewald, Johannes Z ^d   Groenewald, Marizeth ^d   Grube, Martin ^ae   Gryzenhout, Marieka ^af   Guo, Liang Dong ^k   Hagen, Ferry ^d   Hambleton, Sarah ^b   Hamelin, Richard C ⁿ   Hansen, Karen ^ag   Harrold, Paul ^x   Heller, Gregory ⁱ   Herrera, Cesar ^w   Hirayama, Kazuyuki ^ah   Hirooka, Yuuri ^w   Ho, Hsiao Man ^ai   Hoffmann, Kerstin ^f   Hofstetter, Valérie ^aj   Högnabba, Filip ^ak   Hollingsworth, Peter M ^x   Hong, Seung Beom ^al   Hosaka, Kentaro ^am   Houbraken, Jos ^d   Hughes, Karen ^an   Huhtinen, Seppo ^ao   Hyde, Kevin D ^ap,aq   James, Timothy ^ar   Johnson, Eric M ^bq   Johnson, Joan E ^aa   Johnston, Peter R ^as   Jones, E B Gareth ^r   Kelly, Laura J ^x,y   Kirk, Paul M ^at   Knapp, Dániel G ^au   Kõljalg, Urmas ^av   Kovács, Gábor M ^au   Kurtzman, Cletus P ^aw   Landvik, Sara ^ax   Leavitt, Steven D ^c   Liggenstoffer, Audra S ^ab   Liimatainen, Kare ^ay   Lombard, Lorenzo ^d   Luangsa ard, J Jennifer ^r   Lumbsch, H Thorsten ^c   Maganti, Harinad ^az   Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S N ^ap   Martin, María P ^z   May, Tom W ^ad   McTaggart, Alistair R ⁱ   Methven, Andrew S ^ba   Meyer, Wiel ^bb   Moncalvo, Jean Marc ^bc   Mongkolsamrit, Suchada ^r   Nagy, László G ^bd   Nilsson, R Henrik ^be   Niskanen, Tuula ^ay   Nyilasi, Ildikó ^bd   Okada, Gen ^j   Okane, Izumi ^bf   Olariaga, Ibai ^ag   Otte, Jürgen ^bg   Papp, Tamás ^bd   Park, Duckchul ^as   Petkovits, Tamás ^bd   Pino Bodas, Raquel ^z   Quaedvlieg, William ^d   Raja, Huzefa A ^bh   Redecker, Dirk ^bi   Rintoul, Tara L ^b   Ruibal, Constantino ^s   Sarmiento Ramírez, Jullie M ^z   Schmitt, Imke ^bg,bj   Schüßler, Arthur ^bk   Shearer, Carol ^bl   Sotome, Kozue ^bm   Stefani, Franck O P ^ad   Stenroos, Soili ^ak   Stielow, Benjamin ^d   Stockinger, Herbert ^bi   Suetrong, Satinee ^r   Suh, Sung Oui ^bn   Sung, Gi Ho ^bo   Suzuki, Motofumi ^j   Tanaka, Kazuaki ^ah   Tedersoo, Leho ^bp   Telleria, M Teresa ^y   Tretter, Eric ^bq   Untereiner, Wendy A ^q   Urbina, Hector ^o   Vágvölgyi, Csaba ^bd   Vialle, Agathe ⁿ   Vu, Thuy Duong ^d   Walther, Grit ^d   Wang, Qi Ming ^k   Wang, Yan ^bq   Weir, Bevan S ^as   Weiß, Michael ^br   White, Merlin M ^bq   Xu, Jianping ^az   Yahr, Rebecca ^x   Yang, Zhu L ^u   Yurkov, Andrey ^m   Zamora, Juan Carlos ^z   Zhang, Ning ^bs   Zhuang, Wen Ying ^k   Schindel, David ^bt   more..

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Author keywords

DNA barcoding; Fungal biodiversity

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CISTRON; DNA BARCODING; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

EID: 84859972408     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117018109     Document Type: Article

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