Species-specific primers of chitin synthase 1 gene for the differentiation of the Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex

Mycoses

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 71-74

  Kano, R ^a   Nakamura, Y ^b   Watari, T ^a   Watanabe, S ^b   Takahashi, H ^b   Tsujimoto, H ^a   Hasegawa, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthroderma benhamiae; Arthroderma simii; Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii; Chitin synthase gene; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction; Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

ANIMALS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHOPHYTON;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA SIMII; ARTHRODERMA VANBREUSEGHEMII; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0032988269     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.1999.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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