Targeting polyamines of Aspergillus nidulans by siRNA specific to fungal ornithine decarboxylase gene

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-220

  Khatri, Madhu ^a   Rajam, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Aspergillus nidulans; Ornithine decarboxylase; Polyamines; RNAi; siRNA

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG UPTAKE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE SILENCING; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPORE GERMINATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOMASS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MYCELIUM; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 34248213643     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780601158779     Document Type: Article

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