Back to the future for dermatophyte genomics

mBio

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Rivera, Zeyana S ^a   Losada, Liliana ^a   Nierman, William C ^a  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; FUNGAL PROTEIN; SUBTILISIN; SUBTILISIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APN2 GENE; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; DERMATOPHYTE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MATING TYPE; MEIOSIS; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLA2 GENE; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 84872168179     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00381-12     Document Type: Article

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