RNAseq analysis highlights specific transcriptome signatures of yeast and mycelial growth phases in the dutch elm disease fungus Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2487-2495

  Nigg, Martha ^a   Laroche, Jérôme ^a   Landry, Christian R ^a   Bernier, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Fungal dimorphism; Histoplasma capsulatum; Ophiostoma novo ulmi; Transcription profiling

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DUTCH ELM DISEASE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GROWTH CURVE; IN VITRO STUDY; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPHIOSTOMA; ORTHOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; YEAST; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOPLASMA; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; MYCELIUM; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MYCELIUM; OPHIOSTOMA; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84947440292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.021022     Document Type: Article

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