Cryptococcus neoformans virulence gene discovery through insertional mutagenesis

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 420-429

  Idnurm, Alexander ^a   Reedy, Jennifer L ^a   Nussbaum, Jesse C ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CLC 1 CHANNEL; CLC 2 CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CLC-1 CHANNEL; CLC-2 CHLORIDE CHANNELS; LACCASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NOURSEOTHRICIN ACETYLTRANSFERASE; STREPTOTHRICIN; T DNA; T-DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLISTICS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; LACCASE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; STREPTOTHRICINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MYXOGASTRIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 4143077083     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.2.420-429.2004     Document Type: Article

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