The genetic diversity of clinical isolates of Malassezia pachydermatis from dogs and cats

Medical Mycology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 329-334

  Aizawa, T ^a,b   Kano, R ^a,b   Nakamuraf, Y ^a,b   Watanabef, S ^a,b   Hasegawa, A ^a,b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase gene; Malassezia pachydermatis; Phylogeny; RAPD

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CAT; DOG; EXTERNAL EAR; EXTERNAL OTITIS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PYODERMA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN; SKIN ALLERGY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0034859168     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714031036     Document Type: Article

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