A system for studying genetic changes in Candida albicans during infection

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-50

  Forche, A ^a   May, G ^a   Beckerman, J ^a   Kauffman, S ^b   Becker, J ^b   Magee, P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; GAL1; Genomic rearrangement; Mitotic recombination in vivo; Selectable marker

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; FUNGAL GENE; GAL 1 GENE; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HOST; MALE; MAMMAL; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0038668933     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(02)00585-6     Document Type: Article

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