Yeast-enhanced green fluorescent protein (yEGFP): A reporter of gene expression in Candida albicans

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 303-311

  Cormack, Brendan P ^a   Bertram, Gwyneth ^b   Egerton, Mark ^c   Gow, Neil A R ^b   Falkow, Stanley ^a,d   Brown, Alistair J P ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Enhanced GFP; Green fluorescent protein; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CODON; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

AEQUOREA; AEQUOREA VICTORIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031050445     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-2-303     Document Type: Article

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