Capsule-associated genes of serotypes of Cryptococcus neoformans, especially serotype AD

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-132

  Okabayashi, Ken ^a   Kano, Rui ^a   Nakamura, Yuka ^b   Watanabe, Shinichi ^b   Hasegawa, Atsuhiko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capsule associated genes; Cryptococcus neoformans; Phylogenetic relationship; Serotype AD

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN CAPSULE; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE PROBE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 31344468036     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500286101     Document Type: Article

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