Candida albicans exoglucanase as a reporter gene in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-148

  Molero, G ^a   Cid, V J ^a   Vivar, C ^a   Nombela, C ^a   Sanchez Perez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida albicans exoglucanase; Flow cytometry; Reporter gene; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE TRANSFER; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCAN 1,3-BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TEMPERATURE; THIAMINE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0033064888     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00186-X     Document Type: Article

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