Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) detection of HLP gene expression in Candida glabrata and its possible role in in vitro haemolysin production

APMIS

Volumn 112, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 283-290

  Luo, G ^a,b   Samaranayake, L P ^a   Cheung, B P K ^a   Tang, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Candida glabrata; Haemolysin; Haemolysis; HLP gene; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANADA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 3442881981     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2004.apm11204-0509.x     Document Type: Article

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