Hyphal tip-associated localization of Cdc42 is F-actin dependent in Candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 856-864

  Hazan, Idit ^a   Liu, Haoping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LATRUNCULIN A; MARINE TOXIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN CDC42; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLASMID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

ACTINS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE; CYTOSKELETON; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPHAE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MARINE TOXINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0011083189     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.6.856-864.2002     Document Type: Article

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