Successful mating of Trichophyton rubrum with Arthroderma simii

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 629-634

  Anzawa, Kazushi ^a   Kawasaki, Masako ^a   Mochizuki, Takashi ^a   Ishizaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthroderma simii; Hybrid; Mating; Trichophyton rubrum

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHROME B; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTHRODERMA; ARTHRODERMA SIMII; ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ASEXUAL SPORE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ACTINS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRICHOPHYTON;

ARTHRODERMA SIMII; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 77952500059     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903437884     Document Type: Article

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