Identification of medically significant fungal genera by polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction enzyme analysis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-312

  Velegraki, Aristea ^a   Kambouris, Manousos E ^a   Skiniotis, George ^b   Savala, Marianna ^c   Mitroussia Ziouva, Angeliki ^a   Legakis, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c General District Hospital of Nikea   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fungus; Identification; Internal transcribed spacer; Polymerase chain reaction; Restriction digestion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIGESTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032962406     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00150-3     Document Type: Article

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