Hybridization probes for conventional DNA fingerprinting used as single primers in the polymerase chain reaction to distinguish strains of Cryptococcus neoformans.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on September 01, 1993

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W Meyer1, T G Mitchell, E Z Freedman, R Vilgalys

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1: Department of Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.

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