Genotyping of Turkish environmental Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans isolates by pulsed field gel electrophoresis and mating type

Mycoses

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-129

  Saracli, M A ^a   Yildiran, S T ^a   Sener, K ^a   Gonlum, A ^a   Doganci, L ^a   Keller, S M ^b   Wickes, B L ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Mating type; PFGE; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; STE20 primer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOTYPE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLUMBIDAE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; TURKEY;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 33645304878     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01203.x     Document Type: Article

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