A new genotype of Arthroderma benhamiae

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 739-744

  Kano, Rui ^a   Sano, Ayako ^b   Makimura, Koichi ^c   Watanabe, Shinichi ^d   Nishimura, Kazuko ^b   Yamaguchi, Hideo ^c   Hasegawa, Atuhiko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthroderma benhamiae; Chitin synthase 1 gene; Genotype

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTHRODERMA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HEDGEHOG; MATING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ATELERIX ALBIVENTRIS; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 55149089101     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780801975584     Document Type: Article

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