Isolation of the Pneumocystis carinii dihydrofolate synthase gene and functional complementation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 244-250

  Hauser, Philippe M ^a   Macreadie, Ian G ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antifolate; Folic acid; Folylpolyglutamate synthase; PcP; Pneumocystis carinii; Pneumocystis jirovecii

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE SYNTHETASE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; FOLYLPOLYGLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FOLATE METABOLISM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FUNGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 33644817077     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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