Signaling through adenylyl cyclase is essential for hyphal growth and virulence in the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3631-3643

  Rocha, C R C ^a   Schroppel K ^a   Harcus, D ^a   Marcil, A ^a   Dignard, D ^a   Taylor, B N ^a   Thomas, D Y ^a   Whiteway, M ^a   Leberer, E ^a  

^a SANOFI AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EPISTASIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0035200240     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.12.11.3631     Document Type: Article

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