Rapid screening method for compounds that affect the growth and germination of candida albicans, using a real-time PCR thermocycler

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 8193-8196

  Jarosz, Lucja M ^a   Krom, Bastiaan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS; GFP REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RAPID SCREENING; REAL-TIME PCR; SCREENING METHODS;

CANDIDA; FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMAL CYCLING; YEAST;

CULTIVATION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

FUNGUS; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; STAINING;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPHAE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 83055188790     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06227-11     Document Type: Article

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