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| Title |
Insertional mutagenesis enables cleistothecial formation in a non-mating strain of Histoplasma capsulatum
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| Published in |
BMC Microbiology, February 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2180-10-49 |
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| Authors |
Meggan C Laskowski, Alan G Smulian |
| Abstract |
Histoplasma capsulatum is a pathogenic ascomycete fungus that rapidly loses mating ability in culture. Loss of mating ability, as well as the organism's low rate of targeted gene replacement, limits techniques available for genetic studies in H. capsulatum. Understanding molecular mechanisms regulating mating in this organism may allow us to reverse or prevent loss of mating in H. capsulatum strains, introducing a variety of classical genetics techniques to the field. We generated a strain, UC1, by insertional mutagenesis of the laboratory strain G217B, and found that UC1 acquired the ability to form mating structures called cleistothecia. The aim of this study was to determine the mechanism by which UC1 gained the ability to form cleistothecia. We also present initial studies demonstrating that UC1 can be used as a tool to determine molecular correlates of mating in H. capsulatum. |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 21 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 20 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 8 | 38% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 29% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 5% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 3 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 48% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 14% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 3 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 June 2010.
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#6,407,565
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Outputs from BMC Microbiology
#652
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Outputs of similar age
#30,355
of 102,893 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Microbiology
#8
of 24 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,489 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.3. This one has done well, scoring higher than 81% of its peers.
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