Geranylgeranyltransferase I of Candida albicans: Null mutants or enzyme inhibitors produce unexpected phenotypes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 704-713

  Kelly, Rosemarie ^a   Card, Deborah ^a   Register, Elizabeth ^a   Mazur, Paul ^a   Kelly, Theresa ^a   Tanaka, Ken Ichi ^b   Onishi, Janet ^a   Williamson, Joanne M ^a   Fan, Hongxia ^a   Satoh, Toshihiko ^b   Kurtz, Myra ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b BANYU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; GERANYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MUTANT; CELL POLARITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TARGET CELL;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ALLELES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 0033964481     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.3.704-713.2000     Document Type: Article

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