Identification of Candida albicans ALS2 and ALS4 and localization of Als proteins to the fungal cell surface

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 5334-5343

  Hoyer, L L ^a   Payne, T L ^a   Hecht, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031683104     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.20.5334-5343.1998     Document Type: Article

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