Molecular tools in medical mycology; where we are!

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-3

  Badali, Hamid ^a   Nabili, Mojtaba ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Medical Mycology; Molecular Biology

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ROLLING CIRCLE AMPLIFICATION; SEROLOGY;

EID: 84870195349     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/jjm.8566     Document Type: Editorial

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