Development of mitochondrial SSU rDNA-based oligonucleotide probes for specific detection of common airborne fungi

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 281-288

  Zeng, Qing Yin ^a,b   Wang, Xiao Ru ^a   Blomquist, Göran ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fungi; Mitochondrial SSU rDNA; Probe; Specific detection

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; FUNGUS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

FUNGI;

EID: 0242288852     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-8508(03)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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