Comparative genomic analysis of human fungal pathogens causing paracoccidioidomycosis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Desjardins, Christopher A ^a   Champion, Mia D ^a,n   Holder, Jason W ^a,b   Muszewska, Anna ^c   Goldberg, Jonathan ^a   Bailão, Alexandre M ^d   Brigido, Marcelo Macedo ^e   da Silva Ferreira, Márcia Eliana ^f   Garcia, Ana Maria ^g   Grynberg, Marcin ^c   Gujja, Sharvari ^a   Heiman, David I ^a   Henn, Matthew R ^a   Kodira, Chinnappa D ^a,o   León Narváez, Henry ^h   Longo, Larissa V G ⁱ   Ma, Li Jun ^a,p   Malavazi, Iran ^f,q   Matsuo, Alisson L ⁱ   Morais, Flavia V ^i,j   Pereira, Maristela ^d   Rodríguez Brito, Sabrina ^h   Sakthikumar, Sharadha ^a   Salem Izacc, Silvia M ^d   Sykes, Sean M ^a   Teixeira, Marcus Melo ^e   Vallejo, Milene C ⁱ   Walter, Maria Emília Machado Telles ^k   Yandava, Chandri ^a   Young, Sarah ^a   Zeng, Qiandong ^a   Zucker, Jeremy ^a   Felipe, Maria Sueli ^e   Goldman, Gustavo H ^f,l   Haas, Brian J ^a   McEwen, Juan G ^g,m   Nino Vega, Gustavo ^h   Puccia, Rosana ⁱ   San Blas, Gioconda ^h   de Soares, Celia Maria Almeida ^d   Birren, Bruce W ^a   Cuomo, Christina A ^a   more..

^a BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas ^*  (Colombia)

^h Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^j INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^l BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^m UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

ⁿ Translational Genomic Research Institute   (United States)

^o Roche Group   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^q FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DIPEPTIDE; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL SPECIFIC KINASE FAMILY 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; ONYGENALES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES LUTZII; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; UNCINOCARPUS REESII;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ONYGENALES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEOLYSIS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; ONYGENALES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; UNCINOCARPUS REESII;

EID: 80055065651     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002345     Document Type: Article

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