Characterization of the phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase gene from Candida albicans

Medical Mycology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 305-312

  Payne, T ^a   Calderone, R ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. albicans; gene disruption; PRPP synthetase

Indexed keywords

RIBOSEPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHOKINASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH; HETEROZYGOTE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOSE-PHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHOKINASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030656597     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681219780001341     Document Type: Article

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