Quorum Sensing in the Dimorphic Fungus Candida albicans Is Mediated by Farnesol

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2982-2992

  Hornby, Jacob M ^a   Jensen, Ellen C ^b   Lisec, Amber D ^a   Tasto, Joseph J ^b,d   Jahnke, Brandon ^a,e   Shoemaker, Richard ^c   Dussault, Patrick ^c   Nickerson, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARNESOL;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CULTURE MEDIA; FARNESOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HEAT;

EID: 0035406382     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.7.2982-2992.2001     Document Type: Article

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