Taf1: A class II transposon of Aspergillus fumigatus

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 638-645

  Monroy, Franz ^a   Sheppard, Donald C ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; fumigatus; Mariner; Transposon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK; INVERTED REPEAT; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STRESS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSPOSASES;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 20444363772     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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