The expression of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans catalase gene in response to hydrogen peroxide

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 645-651

  Nakagawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Koide, Koji ^a   Watanabe, Kiyomi ^a   Morita, Yasuhiro ^a   Mizuguchi, Ikuyo ^a   Akashi, Tomohiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Catalase; Hydrogen peroxide, Glucose repression

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATALASE; GALACTOSE; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SORBITOL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0032793572     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1999.tb02452.x     Document Type: Article

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