Identification of Cryptococcus neoformans temperature-regulated genes with a genomic-DNA microarray

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1249-1260

  Kraus, Peter R ^a   Boily, Marie Josée ^a   Giles, Steven S ^a   Stajich, Jason E ^a   Allen, Andria ^a   Cox, Gary M ^a   Dietrich, Fred S ^a   Perfect, John R ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA MICROARRAY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 6344237318     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.5.1249-1260.2004     Document Type: Article

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