The mold-specific MS8 gene is required for normal hypha formation in the dimorphic pathogenic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 249-256

  Tian, Xianbin ^a   Shearer Jr , Glenmore ^a  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MS8 PROTEIN, AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HYPHAE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 0036548302     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.2.249-256.2002     Document Type: Article

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