Testing the efficacy of RNA interference constructs in Aspergillus fumigatus

Current Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 277-284

  Henry, Christine ^a   Mouyna, Isabelle ^a   Latgé, Jean Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

ALB1; Aspergillus fumigatus; FKS1; pCBALB1; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN CRH1; PROTEIN KRE6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA VECTOR;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 33947661372     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-007-0119-0     Document Type: Article

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