The two-component hybrid kinase regulator CaNIK1 of Candida albicans

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2715-2729

  Srikantha, Thyagarajan ^a   Tsai, Luong ^a   Daniels, Karla ^a   Enger, Lee ^a   Highley, Kumiko ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; CaNIK1; Histidine kinase; Phenotypic switching; Two component hybrid kinase regulator

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0031765861     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-10-2715     Document Type: Article

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