Cryptococcus neoformans typing by PCR fingerprinting using (GACA) 4 primers based on C. neoformans genome project data

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3427-3430

  Cogliati, Massimo ^a   Esposto, Maria Carmela ^a   Liberi, Giordano ^a   Tortorano, Anna Maria ^a   Viviani, Maria Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; GENOME, FUNGAL; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 35348849143     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01199-07     Document Type: Article

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