Genetic polymorphism of Malassezia furfur isolates from Han and Tibetan ethnic groups in China using DNA fingerprinting

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1034-1038

  Zhang, Hao ^a,b   Zhang, Ruifeng ^a   Ran, Yuping ^a   Dai, Yaling ^a   Lu, Yao ^a   Wang, Peng ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

fingerprinting; Genetic polymorphism; Malassezia; phylogeography

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALE; NONHUMAN; SKIN DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR;

EID: 78449251859     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.490568     Document Type: Article

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