Genetic variability and reproductive mode of Aspergillus fumigatus

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-17

  Varga, János ^a   Tóth, Beáta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b CEREAL RESEARCH NON PROFIT COMPANY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Isoenzyme analysis; Phylogenetic analysis; Population genetics; Reproductive mode; SSDP analysis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; ISOENZYME; PRIMER DNA;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLONE CELLS; DNA, FUNGAL; FORECASTING; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 0037403549     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1348(02)00156-9     Document Type: Review

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