A CUG codon adapted two-hybrid system for the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Stynen, Bram ^a,b   van Dijck, Patrick ^a,b   Tournu, Hélène ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE; KIS1 PROTEIN; LEUCINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE CEK1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE CEK2; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNF4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CODON; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENETIC CODE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CODON; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; PLASMIDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 78049381616     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq725     Document Type: Article

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