Expression of a kexin-like gene from the human pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-388

  Torres, Fernando Araripe Gonçalves ^a   Vilaça, Rosemary ^a   De Moraes, Lidia Maria Pepe ^a   Reis, Viviane Castelo Branco ^a   Felipe, Maria Sueli Soares ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dimorphic fungus; Kex2; Kexin like protein; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; KEX2 PROTEIN; KEXIN LIKE PROTEIN; MATING HORMONE ALPHA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PEPTIDES; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 42349106289     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701875827     Document Type: Article

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