Approaches for molecular identification and typing of the Cryptococcus species complex: An update

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Feng, Xiaobo ^a   Yao, Zhirong ^a   Liao, Wanqing ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus neoformans; genotype; mating type; molecular typing; PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GPA1 PROTEIN; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 1; PLB1 PROTEIN; SOD1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HYPERBRANCHED ROLLING CIRCLE AMPLIFICATION; MATING TYPE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84872093472     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: 14735601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRM.0b013e32835736c1     Document Type: Review

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