Molecular Analysis of Cryptococcus neoformans Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Gene Sequences

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5572-5576

  Biswas, Swarajit Kumar ^a,b   Wang, Li ^a,c   Yokoyama, Koji ^a   Nishimura, Kazuko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEROTYPING;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0348110215     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5572-5576.2003     Document Type: Article

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