Deletion of individual mRNA capping genes is unexpectedly not lethal to Candida albicans and results in modified mRNA cap structures

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1010-1020

  Dunyak, Donna S ^a   Everdeen, Daniel S ^a   Albanese, Joseph G ^a   Quinn, Cheryl L ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE HYDROLASE; CAPPED RNA; DNA; MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC ACID GUANYLYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MRNA (GUANINE(N7)) METHYLTRANSFERASE; MRNA (GUANINE(N7))-METHYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RNA; RNA TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TIME;

ACID ANHYDRIDE HYDROLASES; ALLELES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DNA; GENE DELETION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA CAPS; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0038369972     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.6.1010-1020.2002     Document Type: Article

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