Phenotypic switching in Candida glabrata involves phase-specific regulation of the metallothionein gene MT-II and the newly discovered hemolysin gene HLP

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 884-895

  Lachke, Salil A ^a   Srikantha, Thyagarajan ^a   Tsai, Luong K ^a   Daniels, Karla ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER SULFATE; DNA; HEMOLYSIN; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CELL GROWTH; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; COPPER SULFATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033972399     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.2.884-895.2000     Document Type: Article

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