Chs1 of Candida albicans is an essential chitin synthase required for synthesis of the septum and for cell integrity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1414-1426

  Munro, Carol A ^a   Winter, Ken ^b   Buchan, Arlene ^a   Henry, Keith ^c   Becker, Jeffrey M ^c   Brown, Alistair J P ^a   Bulawa, Christine E ^b   Gow, Neil A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN CHS1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL SHAPE; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DISRUPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL WALL; CHITIN SYNTHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0035100252     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02347.x     Document Type: Article

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