Efg1, a morphogenetic regulator in Candida albicans, is a sequence-specific DNA binding protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 4090-4093

  Leng, P ^a   Lee, P R ^a   Wu, H ^a   Brown, A J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA; PROTEIN EFG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE STRUCTURE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BINDING SITES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034967645     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.13.4090-4093.2001     Document Type: Article

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