Comparison of two approaches for identification of haplotypes and point mutations in Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-53

  Gómez Raja, Jonathan ^a   Larriba, German ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; LOH; Mutation frequency; Rad52; Sequencing; Transition bias

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RAD52 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CEN4 GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EST2 GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HIS4 GENE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARTIFACTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MUTATION RATE; OPEN READING FRAMES; POINT MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84877901911     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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