A Candida albicans RAS-related gene (CaRSR1) is involved in budding, cell morphogenesis and hypha development

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3033-3044

  Yaar, Liora ^a   Mevarech, Moshe ^a   Koltin, Yigal ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

BUD1; C. albicans morphogenesis; GTPase; RSR1; Yeast bud site selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GERMINATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUPPRESSOR GENE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030867751     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-9-3033     Document Type: Article

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