Comparative gene genealogical analyses of strains of serotype AD identify recombination in populations of serotypes A and D in the human pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2147-2154

  Xu, Jianping ^a   Mitchell, Thomas G ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; LACCASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIPLOIDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOIDY; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 0041923940     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26180-0     Document Type: Article

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