A controllable gene-expression system for the pathogenic fungus Candida glabrata

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2407-2415

  Nakayama, Hironobu ^a   Izuta, Miho ^a   Nagahashi, Shigehisa ^a   Sihta, Emi Y ^a   Sato, Yasuko ^a   Yamazaki, Toshikazu ^a   Arisawa, Mikio ^a   Kitada, Kunio ^a  

^a NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida glabrata; DNA topoisomerase II; Gene expression; Peptide elongation factor 3; Tetracycline responsive element

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DOXYCYCLINE; ELONGATION FACTOR 3;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0031670713     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-9-2407     Document Type: Article

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