Identification of novel temperature-regulated genes in the human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans using representational difference analysis

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-229

  Rosa e Silva, Lívia Kmetzsch ^a   Staats, Charley Christian ^a   Goulart, Letícia Silveira ^a   Morello, Luis Gustavo ^b   Pelegrinelli Fungaro, Maria Helena ^b   Schrank, Augusto ^a   Vainstein, Marilene H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; High temperature growth; RDA (representational difference analysis); Virulence

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONTIG; GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHROMATIN; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; REPRESENTATIONAL DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; TEMPERATURE REGULATED GENE; UPREGULATION; VIRULENCE;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, FUNGAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 41849129292     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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