Nucleotide sequence variation in Pneumocystis carinii strains that infect humans.

doi:10.1128/jcm.31.3.754-757.1993

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Nucleotide sequence variation in Pneumocystis carinii strains that infect humans.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 1993

Lee C H, Lu J J, Bartlett M S, Durkin M M, Liu T H, Wang J, Jiang B, Smith J W

Abstract excerpt

The nucleotide sequences of a portion of the large-subunit mitochondrial rRNA gene of Pneumocystis carinii derived from 12 patients were examined. Five sequences were found to be identical to the prototype sequence reported by Sinclair et al. (K. Sinclair, A. E. Wakefield, S. Banerji, and J. M. H...

Topics

Base Sequence
Biopsy
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Genes, Fungal
Genetic Variation
Humans
Mitochondria
Molecular Sequence Data
Pneumocystis
RNA
RNA, Mitochondrial
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

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