Identification of clinical mold isolates by sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region, ribosomal large-subunit D1/D2, and β-tubulin

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-132

  Jang, Ja Hyun ^a   Lee, Jang Ho ^a   Ki, Chang Seok ^a   Lee, Nam Yong ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

D1 D2; Internal transcribed spacer; Molds; Sequencing; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859186388     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2012.32.2.126     Document Type: Article

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