cAMP signalling in pathogenic fungi: Control of dimorphic switching and pathogenicity

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 133-141

  Borges Walmsley, M Ines ^a   Walmsley, Adrian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

CELL STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

CARBON; CYCLIC AMP; FUNGI; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NITROGEN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034162673     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(00)01698-X     Document Type: Review

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