Use of the 6-methylsalicylic-acid-synthase gene as a discriminating marker between Aspergillus terreus and Aspergillus flavipes

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 503-509

  Pazoutova S ^a   Hamplova I ^a   Anderson, M ^b   Denning, D W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FLAVIPES; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; FENNELLIA;

6 METHYLSALICYLIC ACID SYNTHETASE; 6-METHYLSALICYLIC ACID SYNTHETASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL DNA; LIGASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 5.8S;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; LIGASES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033290443     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02816250     Document Type: Article

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