A GAS-like gene family in the pathogenic fungus Candida glabrata

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2007-2019

  Weig, M ^a   Haynes, K ^a   Rogers, T R ^a   Kurzai, O ^a   Frosch, M ^a   Muhlschlegel F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin; Cell wall; GAS1; PHR1; PHR2

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GAS 1 PROTEIN; GAS 2 PROTEIN; GAS 3 PROTEIN; GAS PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHR1 PROTEIN; PHR2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HOST; HYPOTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034872581     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-8-2007     Document Type: Article

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