Characterization of essential genes by parasexual genetics in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus: Impact of genomic rearrangements associated with electroporation of DNA

Genetics

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1077-1087

  Firon, Arnaud ^a   Beauvais, Anne ^a   Latgé, Jean Paul ^a   Couvé, Elisabeth ^a   Grosjean Cournoyer, Marie Claire ^b   D'Enfert, Christophe ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; DNA; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; SMCA PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROPORATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; DIPLOIDY; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIPLOIDY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPORATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, ESSENTIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036021374     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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