Presence and expression of the mating type locus in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis isolates

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-380

  Torres, I ^a,b   Garcia A M ^a   Hernandez O ^a,b   Gonzalez A ^b   McEwen, J G ^a,b   Restrepo, A ^a   Arango, M ^a,b  

^a Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Gene expression; MAT1 1; MAT1 2; Mating; Mating type; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; qRT PCR

Indexed keywords

VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER 1;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AJELLOMYCETACEAE; ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; ONYGENALES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 77649192708     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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