Overview and perspectives on the transcriptome of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-212

  Andrade, Rosângela V ^a   Da Silva, Silvana P ^b   Torres, Fernando A G ^a   Poças Fonseca, Marcio José ^a   Silva Pereira, Ildinete ^a   Maranhão, Andrea Q ^a   Campos, Élida G ^a   Moraes, Lídia Maria P ^a   Jesuíno, Rosália S A ^c   Pereira, Maristela ^c   Soares, Célia M A ^c   Walter, Maria Emília M T ^a   Carvalho, Maria José A ^a   Almeida, Nalvo F ^d   Brígido, Marcelo M ^a   Felipe, Maria Sueli S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dimorphic and thermo regulated fungus; Expressed Sequence Tags; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HYDROLASE; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CELL CYCLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; YEAST CELL;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 32644440829     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1406(05)70044-9     Document Type: Review

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