Chromosome translocation induced by the insertion of the URA blaster into the major repeat sequence (MRS) in Candida albicans

Yeast

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 619-634

  Iwaguchi, Shin Ichi ^a   Suzuki, Mina ^a   Sakai, Naomi ^a   Nakagawa, Yoshiyuki ^b   Magee, Paul T ^c   Suzuki, Takahito ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Chromosome translocation; Karyotype; Major repeat sequence; Repeated sequences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; YEAST CELL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOMES; GENOME, FUNGAL; PHENOTYPE; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 3042803778     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1116     Document Type: Article

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