Molecular subtyping of clinical and environmental strains of Cryptococcus neoformans variety neoformans serotype A isolated from southern Italy

Mycoses

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 117-124

  Pernice, Ida ^a   Lo Passo, Carla ^a   Criseo, G ^a   Pernice, A ^a   Todaro Luck, Flora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Molecular typing; RAPD; RFLP

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0031836948     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1998.tb00312.x     Document Type: Article

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