An antisense-based functional genomics approach for identification of genes critical for growth of Candida albicans

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 235-241

  De Backer, Marianne D ^a   Nelissen, Bart ^a   Logghe, Marc ^b   Viaene, Jasmine ^b   Loonen, Inge ^a   Vandoninck, Sandy ^a   De Hoogt, Ronald ^a   Dewaele, Sylviane ^b   Simons, Fermin A ^a   Verhasselt, Peter ^a   Vanhoof, Greet ^a   Contreras, Roland ^b   Luyten, Walter H M L ^a  

^a Janssen Pharmaceutica ^*  (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, ANTISENSE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0035103447     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/85677     Document Type: Article

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