Identification of Sporothrix schenckii based on sequences of the chitin synthase 1 gene

Mycoses

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 261-265

  Kano, Rui ^a   Nakamura, Y ^b   Watanabe, S ^b   Tsujimoto, H ^b   Hasegawa, A ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chitin synthase 1 gene; Identification; PCR; Sporothrix schenckii

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; FUNGAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPOROTHRIX;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 0035788152     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2001.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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