Isolation of CaSLN1 and CaNIK1, the genes for osmosensing histidine kinase homologues, from the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 425-432

  Nagahashi, Shigehisa ^a,b   Mio, Toshiyuki ^b   Ono, Naomi ^b   Yamada Okabe, Toshiko ^c   Arisawa, Mikio ^b   Bussey, Howard ^a   Yamada Okabe, Hisafumi ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Cloning; Histidine kinase; Osmosensor; Two component system

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031937062     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-2-425     Document Type: Article

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