Multilocus sequence typing of pathogenic Candida species

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1075-1084

  Odds, Frank C ^a   Jacobsen, Mette D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SHORT SURVEY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANDIDA;

EID: 47049121068     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00062-08     Document Type: Short Survey

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