The Microsporum canis genome is organized into five chromosomes based on evidence from electrophoretic karyotyping and chromosome end mapping

Medical Mycology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 208-213

  Coelho, Luciene M ^a   Cursino Santos, Jeny R ^a   Persinoti, Gabriela F ^a   Rossi, Antonio ^a   Martinez Rossi, Nilce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrophoretic karyotype; Microsporum canis; Pulse field gel electrophoresis; Telomeric fingerprint

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME PREPARATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; DERMATOPHYTE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENOME SIZE; KARYOTYPING; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE;

FUNGI; MICROSPORUM CANIS;

EID: 84872281127     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.701338     Document Type: Article

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