Rare homologous gene targeting in Histoplasma capsulatum: Disruption of the URA5(Hc) gene by allelic replacement

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 5135-5143

  Woods, Jon P ^a,b   Retallack, Diane M ^a   Heinecke, Elizabeth L ^a   Goldman, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROOROTIC ACID; FUNGAL DNA; HYGROMYCIN B; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; URACIL;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM;

EID: 0031690616     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.19.5135-5143.1998     Document Type: Article

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