Ras signaling is required for serum-induced hyphal differentiation in Candida albicans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 6339-6346

  Feng, Qinghua ^a   Summers, Eric ^a,b   Guo, Bing ^a   Fink, Gerald ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Microbia PE Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032692954     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.20.6339-6346.1999     Document Type: Article

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