Nuclear labeling of Coccidioides posadasii with green fluorescent protein

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1111, Issue , 2007, Pages 198-207

  Li, Lei ^a,b,c   Schmelz, Monika ^a,c   Kellner, Ellen M ^a,b,c   Galgiani, John N ^a,b,c   Orbach, Marc J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Department of Plant Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioides; Coccidioidomycosis; GFP; Green fluorescent protein; Valley Fever

Indexed keywords

DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H3; HYGROMYCIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CEPHALOSPORIUM; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUNGAL ENDOSPORE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE FUSION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HOMOZYGOSITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SERIAL ANALYSIS OF GENE EXPRESSION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; SPHERULES;

EID: 35348910147     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1406.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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