Development of rapid and specific molecular discrimination methods for pathogenic Emericella species

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-116

  Matsuzawa, Tetsuhiro ^a   Tanaka, Reiko ^a   Horie, Yoshikazu ^b   Gonoi, Tohru ^a   Yaguchi, Takashi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Aspergillus nidulans; Loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERICELLA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EMERICELLA QUADRILINEATA; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; EMERICELLA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EMERICELLA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EMERICELLA QUADRILINEATA;

EID: 77954286712     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.51.109     Document Type: Article

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