Isolation and characterization of the urease gene (URE) from the pathogenic fungus Coccidioides immitis

Gene

Volumn 198, Issue 2 JAN, 1997, Pages 387-391

  Yu, Jieh Juen ^a   Smithson, S L ^a   Thomas, Pei W ^a   Kirkland, Theo N ^b   Cole, Garry T ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal respiratory pathogen; Genomic cDNA sequences; Protein expression; Protein homology; Southern Northern hybridization

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UREASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COCCIDIOIDES; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UREASE;

CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0030658037     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(97)00342-9     Document Type: Article

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