CDC42 is required for polarized growth in human pathogen Candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 95-104

  Ushinsky, Sophia C ^a   Harcus, Doreen ^a   Ash, Josee ^a   Dignard, Daniel ^a   Marcil, Anne ^a   Morchhauser, Joachim ^b   Thomas, David Y ^a,c   Whiteway, Malcolm ^a,c   Leberer, Ekkehard ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SANOFI AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN CDC42;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; DNA PRIMERS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0036463939     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.1.95-104.2002     Document Type: Article

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