Molecular Biological Approach to Phylogeny and Identification of Dermatophytes

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-8

  Makimura, Koichi ^a   Goto, Hideaki ^a   Mochizuki, Takashi ^b   Hasegawa, Atsuhiko ^c   Uchida, Katsuhisa ^a   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

dermatophytes; DNA (DNA sequences); identification; molecular biology; phylogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344808218     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.38.5     Document Type: Article

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