A G1 cyclin is necessary for maintenance of filamentous growth in Candida albicans

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 4019-4027

  Loeb, Jonathan D J ^a   Sepulveda Becerra, Marisa ^a   Hazan, Idit ^a   Liu, Haoping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; AAC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ACTIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CLN1 PROTEIN, YEAST; CLN2 PROTEIN, YEAST; CYCLIN G; ECE1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HWP1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; HYR1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL STRUCTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; TIME;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACTINS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL CYCLE; CYCLINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOTYPE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032588942     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.6.4019     Document Type: Article

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