Comparison of transcription of multiple genes during mycelia transition to yeast cells of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis reveals insights to fungal differentiation and pathogenesis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 165, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 259-273

  Parente, Juliana Alves ^a   Borges, Clayton Luiz ^a   Bailão, Alexandre Melo ^a   Felipe, Maria Sueli S ^b   Pereira, Maristela ^a   De Almeida Soares, Célia Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dimorphic transition; Induced transcripts; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Protein folding modification destination; Protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCELIUM; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; YEAST;

EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCELIUM; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

ASCOMYCOTA; MYCELIUM (GENUS); PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 42549125938     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-007-9078-8     Document Type: Article

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