Microsatellite polymorphism in the promoter sequence of the elongation factor 3 gene of Candida albicans as the basis for a typing system

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1777-1780

  Bretagne, Stéphane ^a   Costa, Jean Marc ^b   Besmond, Claude ^c   Carsique, Raphaël ^c   Calderone, Richard ^d  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030990020     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.7.1777-1780.1997     Document Type: Article

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