Electrophoretic karyotype of environmental isolates of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-222

  Montoya, A E ^a,b   Alvarez, A L ^a   Moreno, M N ^a   Restrepo, A ^a   McEwen, J G ^a  

^a Corp para Invest Biológicas ^*  (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Environmental isolates; Karyotype; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOME; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR SIZE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOME, FUNGAL; KARYOTYPING; PARACOCCIDIOIDES;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0032812572     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1999.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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