Cryptococcus gattii Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics: A NIH/NIAID White Paper

Mycopathologia

Volumn 173, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 367-373

  Chaturvedi, V ^a,b   Nierman, W C ^c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Next generation sequencing; Pathogenesis; RNA Seq

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84860600128     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-011-9512-9     Document Type: Article

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