Comparison of the sequences of the internal transcribed spacer regions and PbGP43 genes of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis from patients and armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus).

نویسندگان

  • Flavia Hebeler-Barbosa
  • Flavia V Morais
  • Mario R Montenegro
  • Eiko E Kuramae
  • Beatriz Montes
  • Juan G McEwen
  • Eduardo Bagagli
  • Rosana Puccia
چکیده

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis isolates from 10 nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) were comparable with 19 clinical isolates by sequence analysis of the PbGP43 gene and ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) and ITS2 and by random amplified polymorphic DNA. In this original ITS study, eight isolates differed by one or three sites among five total substitution sites.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 41 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003