Molecular cloning and sequencing of a chitin synthase gene (CHS2) of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Yeast

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-187

  Niño Vega, Gustavo A ^a,b   Buurman, Ed T ^a   Gooday, Graham W ^a   San Blas, Gioconda ^b   Gow, Neil A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; Dimorphic fungi; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0345145179     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(19980130)14:2<181::AID-YEA202>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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