Retrotransposon insertion-site context (RISC) typing: A novel typing method for Aspergillus fumigatus and a convenient PCR alternative to restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 528-534

  de Ruiter, Maaike T ^a   de Valk, Hanneke A ^a   Meis, Jacques F G M ^a   Klaassen, Corné H W ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Afut1; Aspergillus fumigatus; Fingerprint; PCR; Retrotransposon; RFLP; Typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETROPOSON; RETROTRANSPOSON INSERTION SITE CONTEXT TYPING;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RETROELEMENTS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 34548127696     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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