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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
May. 05, 2000
Applicants:
Terry Roemer, Montreal, CA;
Howard Bussey, Westmount, CA;
John Davison, Montreal, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
McGill University, Montreal, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to the identification and disruption of essential fungal specific genes isolated in the yeast pathogennamely CaKRE5, CaALR1, and CaCDC24 and to the use thereof in antifungal diagnosis and as essential antifungal targets in a fungal species for antifungal drug discovery. More specifically, the invention relates to the CaKRE5, CaALR1, and CaCDC24 genes, to their use to screen for antifungal compounds and to the drugs identified by such.