Macrorestriction analysis of clinical and environmental isolates of Sporothrix schenckii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2547-2552

  O'Reilly, L C ^a,b   Altman, S A ^a  

^a Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research   (Australia)

^b Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN NOTI; PROTEIN SFII; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HAY; NONHUMAN; OPHIOSTOMALES; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SKIN INFECTION; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POACEAE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

OPHIOSTOMA; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 33746191687     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00078-06     Document Type: Article

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