Molecular cloning and characterization of a Candida albicans gene (EFB1) coding for the elongation factor EF-1β

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-162

  Maneu, Victoria ^a   Cervera, Ana M ^a   Martínez, José P ^a   Gozalbo, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Elongation factor 1 ; Gene cloning

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1BETA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; RABBITS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030561299     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00386-2     Document Type: Article

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