Detection of Candida albicans DNA with a yeast-specific primer system by polymerase chain reaction

Mycoses

Volumn 39, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 341-346

  Wildfeuer, A ^a,b   Schlenk, R ^a   Friedrich, W ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; polymerase chain reaction; yeast specific primer system; yeasts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA PROBE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030477370     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00150.x     Document Type: Article

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