Microevolutionary changes in Candida albicans identified by the complex Ca3 fingerprinting probe involve insertions and deletions of the full-length repetitive sequence RPS at specific genomic sites

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2635-2646

  Pujol, Claude ^a   Joly, Sophie ^a   Nolan, Bridgid ^a   Srikantha, Thyagarajan ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca3 fingerprinting; Candida albicans; Microevolution; RPS repetitive units

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA RECOMBINATION; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0032823296     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-10-2635     Document Type: Article

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