Electrophoretic molecular karyotype of the dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-102

  Cervelatti, Eliane P ^a   Ferreira Nozawa, Monica S ^a   Aquino Ferreira, Roseli ^a   Fachin, Ana Lúcia ^a   Martinez Rossi, Nilce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contour clamped homogeneous electric field; Dermatophyte; Electrophoretic karyotype; Fungal chromosomes; Trichophyton rubrum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC LINKAGE; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 2342563801     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572004000100016     Document Type: Article

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