Molecular epidemiology of Fonsecaea pedrosoi using mitochondrial DNA analysis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 435-440

  Kawasaki, Masako ^a   Aoki, M ^b   Ishizaki, H ^b   Miyaji, M ^b   Nishimura, K ^b   Nishimoto, K ^b   Matsumoto, T ^b   De Vroey, C ^b   Negroni, R ^b   Mendonca, M ^b   Andriantsimahavandy, A ^b   Esterre, P ^b  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fonsecaea pedrosoi; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular epidemiology; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOMYCOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGI;

EID: 0033454077     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1999.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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