Molecular genetics in Aspergillus fumigatus

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 468-474

  Brookman, Jayne L ^a   Denning, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSPOSON;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0033783856     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(00)00124-7     Document Type: Review

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