PCR fingerprinting of Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale using polymorphic subrepeat loci in the rDNA nontranscribed spacer

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1349-1355

  Jackson, Colin J ^a   Mochizuki, Takashi ^b   Barton, Richard C ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PRIMER DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

AMPLICON; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

BELGIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, RECOMBINANT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 33750454429     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46691-0     Document Type: Article

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