Typing of Candida albicans by use of a combined PCR/hybridization assay

Mycoses

Volumn 40, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 255-258

  Vogeser, M ^a,b   Haas, Andrea ^a   Anding, G ^a   Ruckdeschel, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Genotyping; Hybridization; PCR; RAPD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031454216     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00229.x     Document Type: Article

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