Differential PbP27 expression in the yeast and mycelial forms of the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis species complex

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1087-1095

  Garcia Blanco S ^a   Munoz J F ^b,c   Torres, I ^b,c   Diez Posada S ^d   Gomez B L ^b,e   McEwen, J G ^b,c   Restrepo, S ^a   Garcia A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas ^*  (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Dot blot; P27 antigen; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccidioidomycosis; QPCR; Western blot

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PROTEIN P27;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS SPECIES COMPLEX; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS TYPE PB01 LIKE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS TYPE PS2; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS TYPE PS3; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS TYPE S1; PARACOCCIDIOIDES LUTZII; PBP27 GENE; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; YEAST;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL WALL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YEASTS;

PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 82555165930     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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