Identification and characterization of rad51 of Pneumocystis

Gene

Volumn 389, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 204-211

  Kutty, Geetha ^a   Kovacs, Joseph A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzymatic activity; Fungus; Pneumocystis pneumonia; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; MESSENGER RNA; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS MURINA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 33846568976     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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