Development and application of a green fluorescent protein sentinel system for identification of RNA interference in Blastomyces dermatitidis illuminates the role of septin in morphogenesis and sporulation

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1299-1309

  Krajaejun, T ^a   Gauthier, G M ^a   Rappleye, C A ^c   Sullivan, T D ^a   Klein, B S ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WI 1 PROTEIN, FUNGAL; WI-1 PROTEIN, FUNGAL;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLASTOMYCES; EVALUATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOMYCES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, FUNGAL;

AJELLOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 34547877955     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00401-06     Document Type: Article

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