A multicopper oxidase gene from Candida albicans: Cloning, characterization and disruption

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2415-2422

  Eck, Raimund ^a   Hundt, Susanne ^a   Härtl, Albert ^a   Roemer, Ernst ^a   Künkel, Waldemar ^a  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Gene disruption; Iron uptake; Multicopper oxidase; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME 6; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032848599     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-9-2415     Document Type: Article

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