Insight into the genome of Aspergillus fumigatus: Analysis of a 922 kb region encompassing the nitrate assimilation gene cluster

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 443-453

  Pain, Arnab ^a   Woodward, John ^a   Quail, Michael A ^a   Anderson, Michael J ^b   Clark, Richard ^a   Collins, Matthew ^a   Fosker, Nigel ^a   Fraser, Audrey ^a   Harris, David ^a   Larke, Natasha ^a   Murphy, Lee ^a   Humphray, Sean ^a   O'Neil, Susan ^a   Pertea, Mihaela ^c   Price, Claire ^a   Rabbinowitsch, Ester ^a   Rajandream, Marie Adele ^a   Salzberg, Steven ^c   Saunders, David ^a   Seeger, Kathy ^a   Sharp, Sarah ^a   Warren, Tim ^a   Denning, David W ^b   Barrell, Bart ^a   Hall, Neil ^a,d   more..

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Genome Research   (United States)

^d J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annotation; Aspergillus fumigatus; BAC end sequencing; Comparative genomics; Gene cluster; Genome; Synteny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTENY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; ENZYMES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE ORDER; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; INTRONS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITRATES; OPEN READING FRAMES; QUINIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMERICELLA NIDULANS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 10744221599     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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