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Functional analysis of CaRAP1, encoding the Repressor/activator protein 1 of Candida albicans.
Gene - 27 Mar 2003
Biswas Kajal, Rieger Klaus-Jörg, Morschhäuser Joachim
Abstract excerpt
The RAP1 gene (repressor/activator protein 1) encodes a transcription factor and telomere binding protein that is essential for viability in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The genome sequence of the opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans contains a RAP1 homologue. We generated C. albicans mutants in which both RAP1 alleles were deleted. The Deltarap1 mutants grew as well as the wild-type...
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