Efficient and rapid identification of Candida albicans allelic status using SNP-RFLP

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1061-1069

  Forche, Anja ^a,b   Steinbach, Musetta ^b   Berman, Judith ^b  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Candida albicans; Genome rearrangement; LOH; SNP RFLP

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME ARM; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRISOMY;

ALLELES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 70349682086     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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