Molecular Biology and its Application to Medical Mycology

Abstract

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Molecular Biology and Its Application to Medical Mycology, held at Taormina, Italy, January 6-8, 1992"--Title page verso. "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division." Molecular biology of yeast -- Cell cycle regulation in fission yeast -- Yeast genes overcoming growth arrest induced by 1,10-phenanthroline -- Reverse genetics in a non-conventional yeast, Candida maltosa -- Complement C3D-binding receptor (CR2) of Candida albicans: cloning and sequence analysis of a gene fragment homologous with a human CR2 cDNA clone -- Biology, physiology, biochemistry and molecular genetics of Trichosporon yeasts -- Physiological functions of vacuoles in yeast: mechanism of sequestration of metabolites and proteins into vacuoles -- Characterization of a Candida albicans-specific DNA fragment -- Recent advances in the molecular biology of Cryptococcus neoformans -- Molecular biology of Kluyveromyces lactis -- Gene regulatory circuits in S. cerevisiae as a tool for the identification of heterologous eukaryotic regulatory elements -- Molecular biology of filamentous fungi -- Molecular breeding in filamentous fungi with emphasis on Aspergilli -- TubB [alpha]-tubulin is essential for sexual development in Aspergillus nidulans -- Heat shock response of Neurospora crassa. (cont) Blue light regulated expression of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthetase (albino-3) gene in Neurospora crassa -- Expression of genes for the biosynthesis of penicillin -- New tools and prospectives for medical mycology -- Imaging of the yeast killer phenomenon -- cDNA cloning of Candida albicans aspartic proteinase and its diagnostic application -- Molecular biotyping of Candida in experimental and clinical studies -- Homoserine dehydrogenase as a selective target molecule for antifungal action -- Molecular mechanisms of antifungal activity and fungal resistence: focus on inhibitors of ergosterol biosynthesis -- Molecular studies on azole sensitivity in fungi -- Antifungal chemotherapy and drug strategies: projected clinical needs -- Funding medical mycology: strategies for attracting the private sector -- Fungal morphogenesis -- Chromosomal organization of Histoplasma capsulatum -- Chitin, chitin synthase and chitin synthase conserved region homologues in Wangiella dermatitidis -- Heat shock response and adaptation during morphogenesis in Histoplasma capsulatum.