Patent ID: 7566547

Claim:
A method for identifying compounds which inhibit fungal pathogenesis, comprising the following steps: a) bringing a compound into contact with a host organism transformed with a polynucleotide comprising the promoter of gene 763 and a reporter gene, wherein the sequence of said promoter of gene comprises nucleotides 1-705 of SEQ ID NO: 1, and wherein said host organism is a fungus, said host organism expressing said reporter gene under the control of said promoter of gene 763; b) detecting the inhibition of the expression of said reporter gene, thereby identifying said compound as a candidate inhibitor of fungal pathogenesis; and c) determining whether the candidate compound identified in step (b) inhibits fungal pathogenesis, wherein inhibition of fungal pathogenesis identifies the compound identified in step (b) as an inhibitor of fungal pathogenesis.