Isolation and characterization of the Candida albicans PFY1 gene for profilin

Yeast

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 871-880

  Ostrander, Darin B ^a   Gorman, Jessica A ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; PFY1; Profilin

Indexed keywords

PROFILIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROFILINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030742482     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199707)13:9<871::AID-YEA127>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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