Disruption of the SNF1 gene abolishes trehalose utilization in the pathogenic yeast Candida glabrata

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5269-5273

  Fetter, R ^a   Kwon Chung, K J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029828850     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.12.5269-5273.1996     Document Type: Article

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