Utilization of the internal transcribed spacer regions as molecular targets to detect and identify human fungal pathogens

Medical Mycology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-109

  Iwen, Peter C ^a   Hinrichs, S H ^a   Rupp, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal ITS; Fungal PCR; Internal transcribed spacer; rDNA gene complex

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

BRANCHED DNA SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION ASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0036176250     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/mmy.40.1.87.109     Document Type: Review

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