Comparative genomics of the fungal pathogens Candida dubliniensis and Candida albicans

Genome Research

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2231-2244

  Jackson, Andrew P ^a   Gamble, John A ^a   Yeomans, Tim ^b   Moran, Gary P ^b   Saunders, David ^a   Harris, David ^a   Aslett, Martin ^a   Barrell, Jamie F ^a   Butler, Geraldine ^c   Citiulo, Francesco ^b   Coleman, David C ^b   De Groot, Piet W J ^d   Goodwin, Tim J ^e   Quail, Michael A ^a   McQuillan, Jacqueline ^a   Munro, Carol A ^f   Pain, Arnab ^a   Poulter, Russell T ^e   Rajandream, Marie Adèle ^a   Renauld, Hubert ^g   Spiering, Martin J ^b   Tivey, Adrian ^a   Gow, Neil A R ^f   Barrell, Barclay ^a   Sullivan, Derek J ^b   Berriman, Matthew ^a   more..

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; INVASIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILAMENTOUS GROWTH REGULATOR GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; GENOMICS; GROWTH REGULATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE ORDER; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNTENY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS;

EID: 73249127952     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.097501.109     Document Type: Article

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