Molecular cloning and characterization of a glucan synthase gene from the human pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Yeast

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 451-462

  Pereira, Maristela ^a,b   Felipe, M Sueli S ^b   Brígido, Marcelo M ^b   Soares, CÉLIA M A ^a   Azevedo, Maristella O ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dimorphic fungi; Fungal cell wall; Glucan synthase genes; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL ENZYME; GLUCAN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034732298     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(20000330)16:5<451::AID-YEA540>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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