Differences among chitin synthase I gene sequences in Trichophyton rubrum and T. violaceum

Medical Mycology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-50

  Kano, Rui ^a   Okabayashi, K ^b   Nakamura, Y ^a   Ooka, S ^c   Kashima, M ^c   Mizoguchi, M ^c   Watanabe, S ^a   Hasegawa, A ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase 1 gene; Phylogeny; Trichophyton rubrum; Trichophyton violaceum

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUNGAL DNA;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ARTICLE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; TRICHOPHYTON RAUBITSCHEKII; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON SPECIES; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 0034001426     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714030918     Document Type: Article

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