95
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Rapid Communication

The Microsporum canis genome is organized into five chromosomes based on evidence from electrophoretic karyotyping and chromosome end mapping

, , , &
Pages 208-213 | Received 30 Mar 2012, Accepted 06 Jun 2012, Published online: 02 Aug 2012

References

  • White TC, Oliver BG, Graser Y, Henn MR. Generating and testing molecular hypotheses in the dermatophytes.Eukaryot Cell 2008; 7: 1238–1245.
  • Seebacher C, Bouchara JP, Mignon B. Updates on the epidemiology of dermatophyte infections.Mycopathologia 2008; 166: 335–352.
  • The Broad Institute.Dermatophyte Comparative Database. Accessed 8 May 2012 from: http://www.broadinstitute.org/annotation/genome/dermatophyte_comparative/MultiHome.html; 2011
  • Yamada T, Makimura K, Abe S. Isolation, characterization, and disruption of dnr1, the areA/nit-2-like nitrogen regulatory gene of the zoophilic dermatophyte, Microsporum canis.Med Mycol 2006; 44: 243–252.
  • Vermout S, Tabart J, Baldo A, . RNA silencing in the dermatophyte Microsporum canis.FEMS Microbiol Lett 2007; 275: 38–45.
  • Chavez R, Fierro F, Gordillo F, Francisco Martin J, Eyzaguirre J. Electrophoretic karyotype of the filamentous fungus Penicillium purpurogenum and chromosomal location of several xylanolytic genes.FEMS Microbiol Lett 2001; 205: 379–383.
  • Pantou MP, Typas MA. Electrophoretic karyotype and gene mapping of the vascular wilt fungus Verticillium dahliae.FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 245: 213–220.
  • Cervelatti EP, Ferreira-Nozawa MS, Aquino-Ferreira R, Fachin AL, Martinez-Rossi NM. Electrophoretic molecular karyotype of the dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum.Genet Mol Biol 2004; 27: 99–102.
  • Gifford TD, Cooper CR, Jr.Karyotype determination and gene mapping in two clinical isolates of Penicillium marneffei.Med Mycol 2009; 47: 286–295.
  • Martinez-Rossi NM, Persinoti GF, Peres NT, Rossi A. Role of pH in the pathogenesis of dermatophytoses.Mycoses 2011: doi:10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02162.x.
  • Jacob TR, Peres NT, Persinoti GF, . rpb2 is a reliable reference gene for quantitative gene expression analysis in the dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum.Med Mycol 2012; 50: 368–377.
  • Ferreira-Nozawa MS, Silveira HCS, Ono CJ, . The pH signaling transcription factor PacC mediates the growth of Trichophyton rubrum on human nail in vitro.Med Mycol 2006; 44: 641–645.
  • Sambrook J, Fritsch EF, Maniatis T.Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd edn. New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 1989.
  • Tasma IM, Bronson CR. Genetic mapping of telomeric DNA sequences in the maize pathogen Cochliobolus heterostrophus.Curr Genet 1998; 34: 227–233.
  • The Broad Institute. Accessed 8 May 2012 from: http://www.broadinstitute.org/scientific-community/science/projects/fungal-genome-initiative/fungal-genome-initiative;2010
  • Coleman MJ, McHale MT, Arnau J, Watson A, Oliver RP. Cloning and characterisation of telomeric DNA from Cladosporium fulvum.Gene 1993; 132: 67–73.
  • Pittet D, Monod M, Filthuth I, . Contour-clamped homogeneous electric field gel electrophoresis as a powerful epidemiologic tool in yeast infections.Am J Med 1991; 91: 256S–263S.
  • Cooley RN, Caten CE. Variation in electrophoretic karyotype between strains of Septoria nodorum.Mol Gen Genet 1991; 228: 17–23.
  • Traut W, Szczepanowski M, Vitkova M, . The telomere repeat motif of basal metazoa.Chromosome Res 2007; 15: 371–382.
  • Hijri M, Niculita H, Sanders IR. Molecular characterization of chromosome termini of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices (Glomeromycota).Fungal Genet Biol 2007; 44: 1380–1386.
  • Schechtman MG. Characterization of telomere DNA from Neurospora crassa.Gene 1990; 88: 159–165.
  • Bhattacharyya A, Blackburn EH. Aspergillus nidulans maintains short telomeres throughout development.Nucleic Acids Res 1997; 25: 1426–1431.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.