The Candida albicans HYR1 gene, which is activated in response to hyphal development, belongs to a gene family encoding yeast cell wall proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 5353-5360

  Bailey, David A ^a   Feldmann, Pascale J F ^a,c   Bovey, Mary ^a   Gow, Neil A R ^a   Brown, Alistair J P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BETA CHAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST CELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029815275     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.18.5353-5360.1996     Document Type: Article

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