Phylogenetic relation of Epidermophyton floccosum to the species of Microsporum and Trichophyton in chitin synthase 1 (CHS1) gene sequences

Mycopathologia

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 111-113

  Kano, Rui ^a   Nakamura, Yuka ^b   Watanabe, Shinichi ^b   Tsujimoto, Hajime ^c   Hasegawa, Atsuhiko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase gene 1; Dermatophyte; Epidermophyton floccosum; Microsporum; Phylogeny; Trichophyton

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; DERMATOPHYTE; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE SEQUENCING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHITIN SYNTHASE; EPIDERMOPHYTON; HUMANS; MICROSPORUM; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHOPHYTON;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; MICROSPORUM; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0033511492     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007091031124     Document Type: Article

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