Reexamination of Coccidioides spp. reserved in the Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, based on a multiple gene analysis

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-117

  Sano, Ayako ^a   Miyaji, Makoto ^a   Kamei, Katsuhiko ^a   Mikami, Yuzuru ^a   Nishimura, Kazuko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coccidioides immitis; Coccidioides posadasii; Multiple gene analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VIRULENCE;

COCCIDIOIDES; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE CONVERSION; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC MARKERS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; FUNGI;

EID: 33744750192     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: 09164804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.47.113     Document Type: Article

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