Rapid identification of fungal pathogens: Molecular approaches for a new millennium

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages

  Perlin, D S ^a   Park, S ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal identification; Genome; ITS2; Molecular Beacons; PCR; Ribosomal genes; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DNA SEQUENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035195024     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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