Random mutagenesis of an essential Candida albicans gene

Current Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 343-356

  Palmer, Glen E ^a   Sturtevant, Joy E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

14 3 3; BMH1; Candida albicans; Essential gene; Mutagenesis; Regulatable promoters

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMINO ACID; CARBON; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMH1; RAPAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

14-3-3 PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; SIROLIMUS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 11244281252     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-004-0538-0     Document Type: Article

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