Isolation and characterization of a species-specific DNA fragment for identification of Candida (Torulopsis) glabrata by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3356-3359

  Becker, K ^a   Badehorn, D ^a   Keller, B ^a   Schulte, M ^a   Bohm K H ^a   Peters, G ^a   Fegeler, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CANDIDA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0034837239     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.9.3356-3359.2001     Document Type: Article

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