Phase-specific gene expression underlying morphological adaptations of the dimorphic human pathogenic fungus, Coccidioides posadasii

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 545-559

  Johannesson, H ^a,b   Kasuga, T ^b   Schaller, R A ^c   Good, B ^d   Gardner, M J ^e   Townsend, J P ^b,f   Cole, G T ^c   Taylor, J W ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Endospores; Fungal pathogen; Microarray; Population; Spherules

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; LIPID;

ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL ENDOSPORE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; COCCIDIOIDES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; FUNGI; SPHERULES;

EID: 33745713823     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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