Pneumocystis murina MSG gene family and the structure of the locus associated with its transcription

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 905-919

  Keely, Scott P ^a   Linke, Michael J ^a,b   Cushion, Melanie T ^a,b   Stringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen; Gene expression; Gene family; Mouse; Pneumocystis; Variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS MURINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PNEUMOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS MURINA; PNEUMOCYSTIS WAKEFIELDIAE;

EID: 34547425289     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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