ALS51, a newly discovered gene in the Candida albicans ALS family, created by intergenic recombination: Analysis of the gene and protein, and implications for evolution of microbial gene families

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-257

  Zhao, Xiaomin ^a   Oh, Soon Hwan ^a   Coleman, David A ^a   Hoyer, Lois L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS genes; ALS51; Candida albicans; Gene family; Recombination

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,6 GLUCANASE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ALS1; PROTEIN ALS5; PROTEIN ALS51; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUSION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79952622519     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2010.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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