Efg1p, an essential regulator of morphogenesis of the human pathogen Candida albicans, is a member of a conserved class of bHLH proteins regulating morphogenetic processes in fungi

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1982-1991

  Stoldt, Volker R ^a   Sonneborn, Anja ^a   Leuker, Christoph E ^a   Ernst, Joachim F ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Helix loop helix proteins; Morphogenesis; Transcription factor; Yeast

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; THREONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; LEPIDOPTERA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030945488     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.8.1982     Document Type: Article

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