Gene expression analysis of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis transition from conidium to yeast cell

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-154

  García, Ana M ^a,b   Hernández, Orville ^a,c   Aristizabal, Beatriz H ^c   De Souza Bernardes, Luciano A ^d   Puccia, Rosana ^e   Naranjo, Tony W ^c   Goldman, Gustavo H ^d   Goldman, Maria H ^d   Cano, Luz E ^c,f   Restrepo, Angela ^c   McEwen, Juan G ^a,f  

^a Secciones de Biologia Molec y de M   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

^c Unidad de Micologia Medica y Experimental Corporacion Para Investigaciones Biolgicas   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Conidia; EST Library; Genes; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Transition; Yeast cells

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL DELTA ISOMERASE; FLAVOPROTEIN; FLAVOPROTEIN UBIQUINONEOXIDOREDUCTASE; ISOMERASE; PROTEIN SKN 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PHYSIOLOGY; YEAST;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MYCELIUM; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; SPORES, FUNGAL; YEASTS;

EID: 74949105467     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903055673     Document Type: Article

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