Methods and reagents for detecting fungal pathogens in a biologi

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1994-12-21

1999-07-06

Fredman, Jeffrey

Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology

Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...

Involving nucleic acid

536 231, 536 2432, 435 911, 435 912, C12Q 168, C07H 2102, C07H 2104, C12P 1934

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides novel methods and materials for detecting the presence of a fungus in a biological sample. The inventive methods and materials exploit the fact that the amino acid sequence of the saccharopine dehydrogenase molecule is highly conserved in fungi. Inventive hybridization probes, nucleic acids, PCR primers, antibodies, epitopes, reagents and methods are provided.

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