Repetitive sequences (RPSs) in the chromosomes of Candida albicans are sandwiched between two novel stretches, HOK and RB2, common to each chromosome

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 849-857

  Chindamporn, Ariya ^a,b   Nakagawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Mizuguchi, Ikuyo ^a   Chibana, Hiroji ^a,c   Doi, Matsuko ^a,d   Tanaka, Kenji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Physical map; Repetitive sequence; RPS

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; REPETITIVE DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DATA BASE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031966244     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-4-849     Document Type: Article

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