A conserved mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway is required for mating in Candida albicans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1335-1344

  Chen, Jiangye ^a,b   Chen, Jing ^a   Lane, Shelley ^b   Liu, Haoping ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHEROMONE; CEK1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; CPH1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUS3 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL TYPE; ENZYME MECHANISM; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MATING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036885807     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03249.x     Document Type: Article

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