New PCR primer pairs specific for Cryptococcus neoformans serotype A or B prepared on the basis of random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprint pattern analyses

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 315-320

  Aoki, Francisco Hideo ^a,b   Imai, Tamae ^a   Tanaka, Reiko ^a   Mikami, Yuzuru ^a   Taguchi, Hideaki ^a   Nishimura, Nancy Fusae ^b   Nishimura, Kazuko ^a   Miyaji, Makoto ^a   Schreiber, Angelica Zaninella ^b   Branchini, Maria Luiza Moretti ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0032927102     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.315-320.1999     Document Type: Article

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