Rep-PCR and RAPD-PCR fingerprinting of Aspergillus terreus

Medical Mycology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 876-879

  Mutschlechner, Wolfgang ^a   Grif, Katharina ^a   Blum, Gerhard ^a   Lass Flörl, Cornelia ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aspergillus terreus; RAPD; Rep PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGAL STRAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REPETITIVE ELEMENT POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; FUNGI;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84885904991     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2013.793458     Document Type: Article

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