Detection and quantitation of Aspergillus fumigatus in pure culture using polymerase chain reaction

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 81-88

  Cruz Perez, P ^a   Buttner, M P ^a   Stetzenbach, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; PCR inhibitors; QPCR; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DNA PURIFICATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE PROBE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0035049758     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.2000.0343     Document Type: Article

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