Roles of three histidine kinase genes in hyphal development and virulence of the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 7243-7247

  Yamada Okabe, Toshiko ^a   Mio, Toshiyuki ^b   Ono, Naomi ^b   Kashima, Yuji ^a   Matsui, Mitsuaki ^a   Arisawa, Mikio ^b   Yamada Okabe, Hisafumi ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0032698376     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.23.7243-7247.1999     Document Type: Article

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