Chitin synthase 1 gene of Arthroderma benhamiae isolates in Japan

Mycoses

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 277-281

  Kano, R ^a   Hirai, A ^a   Hasegawa, A ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthroderma benhamiae; Chitin synthase 1 gene; Japan; Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE;

ARTHRODERMA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARTHRODERMA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA SIMII; ARTHRODERMA VANBREUSEGHEMII; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; FUNGI; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0036408961     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2002.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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