Development of a set of plasmid vectors for genetic manipulations of the pathogenic yeast Candida parapsilosis

Gene

Volumn 396, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 338-345

  Kosa, Peter ^a   Gavenciakova, Barbora ^a   Nosek, Jozef ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Genetic transformation; Selection and reporter markers; Yeast plasmids

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENOMIC DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PLASMID VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; DNA LIBRARY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; KLUYVEROMYCES; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; YEAST CELL;

CANDIDA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KLUYVEROMYCES; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS;

EID: 34250687522     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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