Insertional mutagenesis enables cleistothecial formation in a non-mating strain of Histoplasma capsulatum

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Laskowski, Meggan C ^a   Smulian, Alan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C 1; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; HYGROMYCIN B KINASE; HYGROMYCIN-B KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; T DNA; T-DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE VECTOR; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; LABORATORY; MATING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN UC1; DNA MICROARRAY; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HISTOPLASMA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGROBACTERIUM; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; CLEISTOTHECIA;

DNA, BACTERIAL; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENES, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHEROMONES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROTEIN KINASE C; RHIZOBIUM; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77949309636     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-49     Document Type: Article

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