Disruption of the Candida albicans TPS1 gene encoding trehalose-6- phosphate synthase impairs formation of hyphae and decreases infectivity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3809-3815

  Zaragoza, Oscar ^a   Blazquez, Miguel A ^a,c   Gancedo, Carlos ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0031858559     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.15.3809-3815.1998     Document Type: Article

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