CaNAT1, a heterologous dominant selectable marker for transformation of Candida albicans and other pathogenic Candida species

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1239-1242

  Shen, Junqing ^a   Guo, Weihui ^a   Köhler, Julia R ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NOURSEOTHRICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANAT1 GENE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STREPTOTHRICINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 12844257548     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.2.1239-1242.2005     Document Type: Article

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