Aneuploid chromosomes are highly unstable during DNA transformation of candida albicans∇

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1554-1566

  Bouchonville, Kelly ^a   Forche, Anja ^a,b   Tang, Karen E S ^a   Selmecki, Anna ^a,c   Berman, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; DNA MICROARRAY; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS;

ANEUPLOIDY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 70349669593     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00209-09     Document Type: Article

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