Genetic analyses of a hybrid cross between serotypes A and D strains of the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

Genetics

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1475-1486

  Sun, Sheng ^a   Xu, Jianping ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEROTYPING;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 37248999777     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.078923     Document Type: Article

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