Optimization and validation of multilocus sequence typing for Candida albicans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3765-3776

  Tavanti, Arianna ^a,c   Gow, Neil A R ^a   Senesi, Sonia ^c   Maiden, Martin C J ^b   Odds, Frank C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 25S; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMOZYGOSITY; MATING TYPE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0043025145     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3765-3776.2003     Document Type: Article

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