Differentiation of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis using a single-enzyme PCR-RFLP method

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 235-237

  Mirhendi, Hossein ^c   Makimura, Koichi ^a   Zomorodian, Kamiar ^c   Maeda, Nobuko ^b   Ohshima, Tomoko ^b   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE BLNI; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; DNA TEMPLATE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 26844549485     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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