Transformation of Candida albicans with a synthetic hygromycin B resistance gene

Yeast

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1039-1048

  Basso Jr , Luiz R ^a   Bartiss, Ann ^b   Mao, Yuxin ^a   Gast, Charles E ^a   Coelho, Paulo S R ^c,d   Snyder, Michael ^c,e   Wong, Brian ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Dominant selection marker; Hygromycin B; Targeted gene disruption

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; HISTIDINE; HYGROMYCIN B; LEUCINE; NOURSEOTHRICIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, SYNTHETIC; HYGROMYCIN B; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROTEIN ENGINEERING; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

EID: 78649775120     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1813     Document Type: Article

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