Rapid identification of Candida albicans and its related species Candida stellatoidea and Candida dubliniensis by a single PCR amplification using primers specific for the repetitive sequence (RPS) of Candida albicans

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-50

  Kanbe, Toshio ^a   Kurimoto, Keisuke ^a   Hattori, Hisao ^a   Iwata, Takako ^a   Kikuchi, Akihiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alt; C. albicans; C. dubliniensis; C. stellatoidea; Identification; PCR; RPS

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA STELLATOIDEA; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PURIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 25644437922     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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