The enigma of the major repeat sequence of Candida albicans

Future Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-179

  Chibana, Hiroji ^a   Magee, Paul T ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Centromere; Chromosome length polymorphism; Chromosome translocation; Filamentation; Fungal growth regulator 6; HOK; RB2; Repeated sequence

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CENTROMERE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA STRUCTURE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR REPEAT SEQUENCE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR PROBE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS;

FUNGAL DNA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, FUNGAL; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 63849097305     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17460913.4.2.171     Document Type: Review

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