Determination of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans mating type by multiplex PCR

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1092-1094

  Esposto, M C ^a   Cogliati, M ^a   Tortorano, A M ^a   Viviani, Marianna A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans; Mating type patterns; PCR

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MATING TYPE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 11044235316     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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