Promoter heterozygosity at the Candida albicans CHS7 gene is translated into differential expression between alleles

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 993-1003

  Sanz, María ^a   Valle, Rosario ^a   Roncero, César ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allelic heterogeneity; Candida albicans; Chitin; Differential expression

Indexed keywords

CALCOFLUOR; CHEMICAL AGENT; CHITIN; CHITIN BIOSYNTHESIS PROTEIN 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHITIN SYNTHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 34547890266     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2007.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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