Doxycycline-regulated gene expression in the opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Vogt, Keith ^a   Bhabhra, Ruchi ^a   Rhodes, Judith C ^a   Askew, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; HYGROMYCIN; IRON; PHLEOMYCIN; PLASMID VECTOR; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTOPLAST; REPORTER GENE; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DOXYCYCLINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VECTORS; IRON; MICE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 14644394993     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-5-1     Document Type: Article

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