Biochemical and genetic characterization of Rbf1p, a putative transcription factor of Candida albicans

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 429-435

  Ishii, Nobuya ^a   Yamamoto, Mutumi ^a   Yoshihara, Fumie ^a   Arisawa, Mikio ^a   Aoki, Yuhko ^a  

^a NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Morphology; Rbf1p; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANDIDA; CELL STRUCTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031048490     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-2-429     Document Type: Article

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