Chromosomal polymorphism, syntenic relationships, and ploidy in the pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-69

  Feitosa, Luciano Dos S ^a   Cisalpino, Patrícia S ^b   Machado Dos Santos, Márcia R ^a   Mortara, Renato A ^a   Barros, Tânia F ^a   Morais, Flávia V ^a   Puccia, Rosana ^a   Da Silveira, José Franco ^a   De Camargo, Zoilo P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical and environmental isolates; Gene mapping; Genome size; P. brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; FUNGAL DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOME SIZE; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOIDY; KARYOTYPE; MICROFLUOROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTENY;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0037654657     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(03)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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