An efficiently regulated promoter system for Cryptococcus neoformans utilizing the CTR4 promoter

Yeast

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 919-926

  Ory, Jeramia J ^a   Griffith, Cara L ^a   Doering, Tamara L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper transport; Cryptococcus neoformans; CTR4; CUF1; Inducible promoter

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COPPER TRANSPORTER PROTEIN 4; PLASMID VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEROTYPE;

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; COPPER; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEROTYPING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 4444251972     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1139     Document Type: Article

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