Electrophoretic karyotype of clinical isolates of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-227

  Montoya, Astrid E ^a   Moreno, Maria Neifer ^a   Restrepo, Angela ^a   McEwen, Juan G ^a  

^a Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Countour clamped homogeneous electric field; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Spheroplast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME; FUNGAL GENETICS; KARYOTYPE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031126768     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1996.0955     Document Type: Article

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