Identification of Aspergillus fumigatus by PCR

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-27

  García, Marta Eulalia ^a   Blanco, José Luis ^a   Kurup, Viswanath P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Mitogillin; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Ribotoxin

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742593749     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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