Flocculation of hyphae is associated with a deletion in the putative CaHK1 two-component histidine kinase gene from Candida albicans

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1431-1442

  Calera, José Antonio ^a   Calderone, Richard ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Flocculation; Histidine kinase; Hyphae; Two component

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME 2; FLOCCULATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE DELETION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033017923     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-6-1431     Document Type: Article

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