EFG1 null mutants of Candida albicans switch but cannot express the complete phenotype of white-phase budding cells

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1580-1591

  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

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0034053028     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.6.1580-1591.2000     Document Type: Article

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