Morphogenesis, adhesive properties, and antifungal resistance depend on the Pmt6 protein mannosyltransferase in the fungal pathogen Candida albicans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3063-3071

  Timpel, Claudia ^a   Zink, Sigrid ^a   Strahl Bolsinger, Sabine ^b   Schröppel, Klaus ^c   Ernst, Joachim ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0034109113     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.11.3063-3071.2000     Document Type: Article

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