Transcriptome analysis and molecular studies on sulfur metabolism in the human pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 276, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 450-463

  Ferreira, Márcia Eliana Da Silva ^a   Marques, Everaldo Dos Reis ^a   Malavazi, Iran ^a   Torres, Isaura ^b   Restrepo, Angela ^b   Nunes, Luiz R ^c   De Oliveira, Regina C ^c   Goldman, Maria Helena S ^a   Goldman, Gustavo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Corporacion para Investigaciones Biológicas ^*  (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dimorphic fungi; MetR; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; SconC; Sulfur metabolism

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 33748956315     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-006-0154-4     Document Type: Article

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