A forkhead transcription factor is important for true hyphal as well as yeast morphogenesis in Candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 787-798

  Bensen, Eric S ^a   Filler, Scott G ^b   Berman, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FKH2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036778310     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.5.787-798.2002     Document Type: Article

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