Rapid detection of aneuploidy following the generation of mutants in candida albicans

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 845, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-49

  Lenardon, Megan D ^a   Nantel, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Chromosome structure; Karyotype; Multiplex PCR; Mutant

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KARYOTYPING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MUTAGENESIS;

ANEUPLOIDY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; KARYOTYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MUTAGENESIS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 84858144534     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-539-8_3     Document Type: Chapter

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