Use of amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis as a tool for identification and typing of yeast isolates

Mikologia Lekarska

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-117

  Kantardjiev, Todor ^a,b   Levterova, Viktoria ^a   Panaiotov, Stefan ^a   Ivanov, Ivan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^b Natl Ctr Dept of Microbiology   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

AFLP; Identification; PCR; Typing; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; DNA ISOLATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SPECIES; YEAST;

FUNGI;

EID: 9144226531     PISSN: 1232986X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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