Rapid identification and fingerprinting of Candida krusei by PCR-based amplification of the species-specific repetitive polymorphic sequence CKRS-1

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1337-1343

  Carlotti, Arnaud ^a   Chaib, Foad ^a   Couble, Andrée ^a   Bourgeois, Nicolas ^a   Blanchard, Virginie ^a   Villard, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA KRUSEI; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CANDIDA; FUNGI; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0030983298     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1337-1343.1997     Document Type: Article

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