Isolation and characterization of a species-specific DNA probe for the detection of Candida krusei

Current Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 147-151

  Manavathu, E K ^a   Vakulenko, S B ^a   Obedeanu, N ^a   Lerner, S A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; FUNGI; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029742115     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900091     Document Type: Article

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