A genomic safe haven for mutant complementation in cryptococcus neoformans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Arras, Samantha D M ^a   Chitty, Jessica L ^a   Blake, Kirsten L ^a   Schulz, Benjamin L ^a   Fraser, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE LOCUS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOPLAST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BODY WEIGHT; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MURINAE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84928784527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122916     Document Type: Article

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