Rad6p represses yeast-hypha morphogenesis in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1264-1275

  Leng, P ^a   Sudbery, P E ^b   Brown, A J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL GROWTH; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE ISOLATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; INTRON; MEIOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034108221     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01801.x     Document Type: Article

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