DNA barcoding the commercial Chinese caterpillar fungus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 347, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-162

  Xiang, Li ^a,b   Song, Jingyuan ^a   Xin, Tianyi ^a   Zhu, Yingjie ^a   Shi, Linchun ^a   Xu, Xiaolan ^a   Pang, Xiaohui ^a   Yao, Hui ^a   Li, Wenjia ^c   Chen, Shilin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c HEC Pharm Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Counterfeit; DNA barcode; Internal transcribed spacer; Ophiocordyceps sinensis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

DNA BARCODING; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPHIOCORDYCEPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HYPOCREALES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

FUNGI;

ANIMALS; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC VARIATION; HYPOCREALES; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884730637     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12233     Document Type: Letter

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