Overexpression of a dominant-negative allele of YPT1 inhibits growth and aspartyl protease secretion in Candida albicans

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1961-1970

  Lee, S A ^a   Mao, Y ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   Wong, B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Protein secretion; Vesicle trafficking; YPT1

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; RAS PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME RELEASE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; GROWTH INHIBITION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE RAS; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECRETION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034919142     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-7-1961     Document Type: Article

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