Molecular cloning and characterization of WdTUP1, a gene that encodes a potential transcriptional repressor important for yeast-hyphal transitions in Wangiella (Exophiala) dermatitidis

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 646-656

  Liu, Hongbo ^a   Abramczyk, Dariusz ^a   Cooper Jr , Chester R ^a   Zheng, Li ^a   Park, Changwon ^a   Szaniszlo, Paul J ^a  

^a Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene disruption; Moniliform hyphae; Morphogenesis; Pseudohyphae

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WDTUP1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EXOPHIALA; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIQUID CULTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOTYPE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE; YEAST;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; EXOPHIALA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, FUNGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 41649093308     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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