Interpretation of mtDNA RFLP variability among Aspergillus tubingensis isolates

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-216

  Juhász, Ákos ^a   Engi, Helga ^a   Pfeiffer, Ilona ^a   Kucsera, Judit ^a   Vágvölgyi, Csaba ^a   Hamari, Zsuzsanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aspergillus tubingensis; Cox 1 gene; Intron; mtDNA; Physical map; RFLP

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; FUNGAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

ASPERGILLUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; CANDIDA STELLATA; FUNGI;

EID: 33947203750     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-006-9110-x     Document Type: Article

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