Signal transduction pathways and cell-wall construction in Candida albicans

Medical Mycology, Supplement

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-100

  Navarro Garcia F ^a   Eisman, B ^a   Roman, E ^a   Nombela, C ^a   Pla, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antifungal drug; Cell wall biosynthesis; Epistasis; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCEROL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NIKKOMYCIN Z; PROTEIN G; PROTEIN P21; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL INTERACTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HOST CELL; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0035663232     PISSN: 09668454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/mmy.39.1.87.100     Document Type: Review

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