Internet-accessible DNA sequence database for identifying fusaria from human and animal infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3708-3718

  O'Donnell, Kerry ^a   Sutton, Deanna A ^b   Rinaldi, Michael G ^b   Sarver, Brice A J ^c   Balajee, S Arunmozhi ^d   Schroers, Hans Josef ^e   Summerbell, Richard C ^f   Robert, Vincent A R G ^g   Crous, Pedro W ^g   Zhang, Ning ^h   Aoki, Takayuki ⁱ   Jung, Kyongyong ^j   Park, Jongsun ^j   Lee, Yong Hwan ^j   Kang, Seogchan ^k   Park, Bongsoo ^k   Geiser, David M ^k  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^f Sporometrics Inc   (Canada)

^g CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^h RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^j Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^k PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CENTRAALBUREAU VOOR; FUSARIA; FUSARIUM;

EID: 77957797529     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00989-10     Document Type: Article

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