Clinical and environmental isolates of Cryptococcus gattii from Australia that retain sexual fecundity

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1410-1419

  Campbell, Leona T ^a   Fraser, James A ^b,c   Nichols, Connie B ^b,c   Dietrich, Fred S ^b   Carter, Dee ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FERTILITY; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FERTILITY; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 23844476057     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.8.1410-1419.2005     Document Type: Article

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