A MADS box protein consensus binding site is necessary and sufficient for activation of the opaque-phase-specific gene OP4 of Candida albicans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6607-6616

  Lockhart, Shawn R ^a   Nguyen, Mau ^a   Srikantha, Thyagarajan ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; RENILLA RENIFORMIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032431398     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6607-6616.1998     Document Type: Article

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