Sequence analysis of a compound coding-region microsatellite in Candida albicans resolves homoplasies and provides a high-resolution tool for genotyping

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-109

  Metzgar, David ^a   Field, Dawn ^a   Haubrich, Richard ^b   Wills, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; ERK kinase; Evolution; Homoplasy; MAP kinase; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031972014     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00112-0     Document Type: Article

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