Genome size, complexity, and ploidy of the pathogenic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6697-6703

  Carr, Jeanne ^a,c   Shearer Jr , Glenmore ^a,b  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA TUBULIN; CALMODULIN; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; MYXOGASTRIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032414680     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6697-6703.1998     Document Type: Article

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