Chromosome length polymorphism in clinical isolates of Candida parapsilosis

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 941-946

  Fernando, P H P ^a   Samaranayake, L P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Candida parapsilosis; Genotype; Polymorphism; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; CHROMOSOME SIZE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031730707     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb00243.x     Document Type: Article

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