Transcription factors in Candida albicans-environmental control of morphogenesis

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1763-1774

  Enrst, J F ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida; Dimorphism; Morphogenesis; Signalling; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYSTEINE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; NITROGEN; PLASMA PROTEIN; PROLINE; RAS PROTEIN; SUCROSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; LIQUID; MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SERUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID STATE; STARVATION; YEAST CELL;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033870274     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-8-1763     Document Type: Review

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