We have focused on the DNA topoisomerase II genes of several pathogenic fungi, and developed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) methods targeting this gene for identification of dermatophytes.
Department of Dermatology, Center for Neural Disease and Cancer, Nagoya Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi,466-8550, Japan.
