Chromosomal translocation and segmental duplication in Cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 401-406

  Fraser, James A ^a   Huang, Johnny C ^a   Pukkila Worley, Read ^a   Alspaugh, J Andrew ^a   Mitchell, Thomas G ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; TELOMERE;

CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TELOMERE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 13844312996     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.2.401-406.2005     Document Type: Article

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