Improvement of the repetitive sequence-based identification and genotyping of Candida albicans using ALT-specific primers

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-219

  Hattori, Hisao ^a   Tanaka, Reiko ^b   Chibana, Hiroji ^b   Kawamoto, Fumihiko ^c   Adachi, Hidesada ^a   Shimizu, Kazue ^a   Kanbe, Toshio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA STELLATOIDEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CANDIDA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 69249120724     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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