The WH11 gene of Candida albicans is regulated in two distinct developmental programs through the same transcription activation sequences

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3837-3844

  Srikantha, Thyagarajan ^a   Tsai, Luong K ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; RENILLA RENIFORMIS;

EID: 0030995498     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.12.3837-3844.1997     Document Type: Article

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