Phylogenetic relationships among medically important yeasts based on sequences of mitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA gene

Mycoses

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 24-28

  Yamada, Y ^a   Makimura, K ^b   Uchida, K ^b   Yamaguchi, H ^b   Osumi, M ^a  

^a JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basidiomycetous yeast; DNA sequence; Hemiascomycetes; Mitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA gene; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, RRNA; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YEASTS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCETES;

EID: 1642418355     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0933-7407.2003.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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