Simultaneous identification of molecular and mating types within the Cryptococcus species complex by PCR-RFLP analysis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1481-1490

  Feng, Xiaobo ^a   Yao, Zhirong ^a   Ren, Daming ^b   Liao, Wanqing ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; MATING SYSTEM; MATING TYPE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57749197389     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/003665-0     Document Type: Article

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