New Paracoccidioides brasiliensis isolate reveals unexpected genomic variability in this human pathogen

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 605-612

  Carrero, Lilia L ^a   Niño Vega, Gustavo ^a   Teixeira, Marcus M ^b   Carvalho, Maria Jose A ^b   Soares, Célia M A ^c   Pereira, Maristela ^c   Jesuino, Rosália S A ^c   McEwen, Juan G ^d   Mendoza, Leonel ^e   Taylor, John W ^f   Felipe, Maria Sueli ^b   San Blas, Gioconda ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genealogical concordance; Molecular phylogeny; Molecular variability; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 41649095870     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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