Use of ribosomal introns as new markers of genetic diversity in Exophiala dermatitidis

Fungal Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1038-1050

  Machouart, Marie ^a,b   Gueidan, Cécile ^c,d   Khemisti, Arnaud ^e   Dulongcourty, Rémy ^a   Sudhadham, Montarop ^c,d   De Hoog, G Sybren ^c  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^e SUAN SUNANDHA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Black yeasts; Chaetothyriales; Fungal pathogen; Group I introns; Nuclear ribosomal rDNA genes

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

CELL ORGANELLE; FRUIT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; SPECIALIZATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; YEAST;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; EVALUATION; EXOPHIALA; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EXOPHIALA; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CHAETOTHYRIALES; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS;

EID: 80053181508     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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