PCR identification system for the genus Aspergillus and three major pathogenic species: Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus niger

Medical Mycology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 433-437

  Sugita, Chise ^a,b   Makimura, Koichi ^b   Uchida, Katsuhisa ^b   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^b   Nagai, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus species; Identification; Internal transcribed spacer 1 ribosomal DNA; Nested PCR

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 7444256725     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780310001656786     Document Type: Article

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