Sequence diversity of the intergenic spacer region of the rRNA gene of Malassezia globosa colonizing the skin of patients with atopic dermatitis and healthy individuals

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3022-3027

  Sugita, Takashi ^a   Kodama, Minako ^a   Saito, Masuyoshi ^b   Ito, Tomonobu ^b   Kato, Yukihiko ^b   Tsuboi, Ryoji ^b   Nishikawa, Akemi ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN SURFACE;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA;

EID: 0038168328     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3022-3027.2003     Document Type: Article

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