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Biolistic Transformation of a Fluorescent Tagged Gene into the Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans
Published on: March 19, 2015
Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for Cryptococcus neoformans
Haydar Karaoglu1, Crystal Man Ying Lee, Dee Carter
1School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia, Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, CIDM, Westmead Hospital, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia, Department of Medicine, Western Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Abstract:
Cryptococcus neoformans is a haploid basidiomycetous yeast that causes life-threatening infections in patients with and without impaired immune function. Present typing systems for C. neoformans are limited by either poor standardization or high cost. We present eleven microsatellite loci that were developed from the published genomes of C. neoformans var. neoformans, and are applicable to the varieties and hybrids within C. neoformans.
