title: Molecular identification of Candida albicans.
abstract: The benomyl resistant gene (BenR) found in Candida albicans, but not in other species of Candida, was used as a probe for the identification of C. albicans in clinical specimens. The utility of this probe to detect this species was demonstrated by Southern and dot-blot analysis, and by PCR. The possible use of this gene in C. albicans typing by the RFLP method is also demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Technion, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Weissman
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Berdicevsky
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cavari
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015342:DNA Probes; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes