Expression plasmids for use in Candida glabrata

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1675-1686

  Zordan, Rebecca E ^a   Ren, Yuxia ^a   Pan, Shih Jung ^a   Rotondo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Iluore, Alejandro De Las Peñas ^a,c   Cormack, Brendan P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Candida glabrata; Expression vector; Inducible; Macrophage; Met3

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER; NOURSEOTHRICIN; ACO2PR PROTEIN; EGD2PR PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HHT2PR PROTEIN; LYS21PR PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MET3PR PROTEIN; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; PDC1PR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URA3 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOGRAM; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPISOME; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE;

CANDIDA GLABRATA;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; EXPRESSION VECTOR; INDUCIBLE; MACROPHAGE; MET3;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; DNA, RECOMBINANT; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84885757464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.113.006908     Document Type: Article

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