Cryptococcus neoformans population includes hybrid strains homozygous atmating-type locus

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 608-613

  Cogliati, Massimo ^a   Esposto, Maria Carmela ^a   Tortorano, Anna Maria ^a   Viviani, Maria Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Hybrid strains; Mating type

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA CONTENT; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HYBRID; KARYOTYPE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROGENY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CROSSES, GENETIC; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 33646544688     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2006.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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