Genetic characterization of the UCS and Kex1 loci of Pneumocystis jirovecii

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-178

  Esteves, F ^a   Tavares, A ^a   Costa, M C ^a   Gaspar, J ^b   Antunes, F ^c   Matos, O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FUNGAL GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; KEX 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPUTUM; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 59449108829     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0596-1     Document Type: Article

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