The nucleotide sequence determination of catalases of three medically important yeasts using newly designed degenerated primers

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-42

  Nakagawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Mizuguchi, Ikuyo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida dubliniensis; Candida glabrata; Candida tropicalis; Catalase; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 14944363669     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.46.35     Document Type: Article

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