The use of direct cDNA selection to rapidly and effectively identify genes in the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-70

  Kessler, Marco M ^a   Willins, Debra Aker ^a   Zeng, Qiandong ^a   Del Mastro, Richard G ^a   Cook, Robin ^a   Doucette Stamm, Lynn ^a   Lee, Hongmei ^a   Caron, Anne ^a   McClanahan, Terri K ^b   Wang, Luquan ^b   Greene, Jonathan ^b   Hare, Roberta S ^b   Cottarel, Guillaume ^a   Shimer Jr , George H ^a  

^a GENOME THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; cDNA clustering; cDNA library normalization; Direct cDNA selection; Enrichment of underrepresented cDNAs; Expressed sequence tag; Pathogenic fungi; Rapid and economical gene discovery; Reduction in the frequency of redundant genes

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, FUNGAL; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, FUNGAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0036346074     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(02)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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