A novel repeat sequence (CKRS-1) containing a tandemly repeated sub-element (kre) accounts for differences between Candida krusei strains fingerprinted with the probe CkF1,2

Current Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-263

  Carlotti, Arnaud ^a   Srikantha, Thyagarajan ^b   Schröppel, Klaus ^b   Kvaal, Christopher ^b   Villard, Jean ^a   Soll, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida krusei; Fingerprinting; Probe; Repeated sequence

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CISTRON; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TANDEM REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PROBES; DNA, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CANDIDA; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0030994588     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050203     Document Type: Article

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