Construction of a Complete URA5 Deletion Strain of a Human Pathogenic Yeast Cryptococcus neoformans

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Drivinya, Antra ^a   Shimizu, Kiminori ^a   Takeo, Kanji ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Homologous recombination; Molecular genetics; Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase gene; Transformantion

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENE PRODUCT; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; URACIL;

ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS TAD1; DELETION MUTANT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; REVERTANT; URA5 GENE; YEAST;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 1342283138     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.45.1     Document Type: Article

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