Nucleotide sequence analysis of beta tubulin gene in a wide range of dermatophytes

Medical Mycology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 674-688

  Rezaei Matehkolaei, Ali ^a   Mirhendi, Hossein ^b   Makimura, Koichi ^c   Sybren De Hoog, G ^d   Satoh, Kazuo ^c   Najafzadeh, Mohammad Javad ^e   Shidfar, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^e MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

beta tubulin; Dermatophyte; phylogeny; species identification

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; DERMATOPHYTE; EPIDERMOPHYTON; MICROSPORUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRICHOPHYTON; ANIMAL; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE;

ANIMALS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBULIN;

EID: 84911432342     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myu033     Document Type: Article

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