Coding tandem repeats generate diversity in Aspergillus fumigatus genes

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1380-1391

  Levdansky, Emma ^a   Romano, Jacob ^a   Shadkchan, Yona ^a   Sharon, Haim ^a   Verstrepen, Kevin J ^b,c   Fink, Gerald R ^d   Osherov, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; OPEN READING FRAME; TANDEM REPEAT;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34547863851     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00229-06     Document Type: Article

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