Clonality and recombination in genetically differentiated subgroups of Cryptococcus gattii

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1403-1409

  Campbell, Leona T ^a   Currie, Bart J ^b,c   Krockenberger, Mark ^a   Malik, Richard ^a   Meyer, Wieland ^d   Heitman, Joseph ^e   Carter, Dee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; EUCALYPTUS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 23844548532     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.8.1403-1409.2005     Document Type: Article

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