Multilocus sequence typing for Candida albicans isolates from candidemic patients: Comparison with southern blot hybridization and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-114

  Youn, Myoung ^a   Shin, Jong Hee ^a   Lee, Jin Sol ^a   Kim, Soo Hyun ^a   Shin, Myung Geun ^a   Suh, Soon Pal ^a   Ryang, Dong Wook ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Candia albicans; Genotyping; Multilocus sequence typing; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Southern hybridization

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDEMIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KARYOTYPING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALLELES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDEMIA; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

EID: 79955418225     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.2.107     Document Type: Article

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