Haploinsufficiency-based large-scale forward genetic analysis of filamentous growth in the diploid human fungal pathogen C.albicans

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2668-2678

  Uhl, M Andrew ^a   Biery, Matt ^b   Craig, Nancy ^b   Johnson, Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Filamentous growth; Haploinsufficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG TARGETING; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPOSON; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037507285     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg256     Document Type: Article

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