Quantification of fungal DNA by using fluorescence resonance energy transfer and the Light Cycler system

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 586-590

  Loeffler, Juergen ^a,c   Henke, Norbert ^a   Hebart, Holger ^a   Schmidt, Diethard ^a   Hagmeyer, Lars ^a   Schumacher, Ulrike ^b   Einsele, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Medizinische Klinik IV   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA DETERMINATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0033951013     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.586-590.2000     Document Type: Article

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