Cytoplasmic localization of the white phase-specific WH11 gene product of Candida albicans

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2245-2254

  Schröppel, Klaus ^a,b   Srikantha, T ^a   Wessels, Deborah ^a   DeCock, Melanie ^a   Lockhart, Shawn R ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bud hypha transition; Candida switching; Cell shape; Recombinant WH11 protein; White opaque transition

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RABBIT ANTISERUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL SHAPE; GENE SWITCHING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029801999     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-8-2245     Document Type: Article

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