Single allele knock-out of Candida albicans CGT1 leads to unexpected resistance to hygromycin B and elevated temperature

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 353-365

  De Backer, Marianne D ^a   De Hoogt, Ronald A ^a   Froyen, Guy ^a   Odds, Frank C ^a   Simons, Fermin ^a   Contreras, Roland ^b   Luyten, Walter H M L ^a  

^a JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; CGT1; mRNA capping enzyme; Proteome; Real time RNA quantitation

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYGROMYCIN B; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEOME;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0033954064     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-2-353     Document Type: Article

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