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Identification and Assignment of Function to the Genes of Aspergillus fumigatus Expressed at 37 °C
Author(s) -
SHANKAR JATA,
NIGAM SHAILLY,
SAXENA SHWETA,
MADAN TARUNA,
SARMA P. USHA
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of eukaryotic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 1066-5234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00390.x
Subject(s) - aspergillus fumigatus , biology , gene , expressed sequence tag , cdna library , aspergillus , complementary dna , microbiology and biotechnology , fungus , pathogenesis , antifungal , function (biology) , genetics , pathogen , identification (biology) , computational biology , immunology , botany
Aspergillus fumigatus , a fungal pathogen, causes a spectrum of allergic and invasive disorders. In order to rapidly identify genes of this fungus relevant for pathogenesis and as potential antifungal drug targets, 125 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were generated from 200 phage clones of a non‐normalized cDNA library. Out of a novel 68 ESTs, 45 were assigned putative functions based on the sequence similarity. The identities of some of these genes suggest that they may be involved in pathogenesis or autoimmune reactions. Additional genes were identified that are possible targets for the development of antifungal drugs or that may be of use in diagnosing fungal infections.