Electrophoretic karyotypes and genome sizing of the pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 742-747

  Cano, Maria Isabel Nogueira ^a   Cisalpino, Patrícia Silva ^b   Galindo, Ivan ^c   Ramírez, José Luiz ^c   Mortara, Renato Arruda ^a   Franco Da Silveira, José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BAND; DNA DETERMINATION; KARYOTYPE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS;

EID: 0031890985     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.3.742-747.1998     Document Type: Article

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