DNA fingerprinting of Candida rugosa via repetitive sequence-based PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1677-1681

  Redkar, Rajendra J ^a   Dubé, Michael P ^b   Mccleskey, Ferne K ^c   Rinaldi, Michael G ^d   Delvecchio, Vito G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029943091     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1677-1681.1996     Document Type: Article

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